News
August 7, 2013
| Mizzima
The Chief Officer of the Bago Township Police Force prohibited people from paying tribute, laying wreaths and saluting at the 'Memorial Pillar'...
August 7, 2013
| KIC
Burma Campaign UK, a prominent rights advocacy group, has accused the President of Burma, U Thein Sein, of keeping hundreds of political prisoners in...
August 7, 2013
| KIC
Burma’s government has received harsh criticism for arbitrarily arresting a 74 year-old human rights activist in July and keeping him under arrest...
August 7, 2013
| Khonumthung
Influenza is spreading fast during the mid- monsoon season in Sagaing Region. Patients are occupying all the beds available at the civilian hospital...
August 7, 2013
| Khonumthung
The government has awarded timber rights to a company in Chin state, but locals - most of which are extremely poor - won’t be seeing any of the...
August 7, 2013
| Khonumthung
Residents are against a new housing development in Rih lake area, saying that the area will be spoiled.
August 7, 2013
| KIC
Villagers from the Taungoo region claim that Burma military officials are offering to contract local farmers to work land that was confiscated from...
August 7, 2013
| Kaladan Press
An assistant police inspector Toe Toe stole one-hundred thousand kyat from a car filled with passengers, said the driver that didn’t their name used...
August 7, 2013
| Kaladan Press
Police tasked with guarding a bridge in central Maungdaw are extorting money from pedestrians and taxis. It’s mostly Rohingyas that are being forced...
August 7, 2013
| Kaladan Press
Rohingya cattle owners are facing harassment by both the army and the new police force, according to a local elder that preferred not to be named for...
August 6, 2013
| Mizzima
Farmers from different townships in the Ayeyarwaddy Division said that have planned an “All Townships Demonstration” if the authorities do not take...
August 6, 2013
| Mizzima
Myanmar is all geared up to host the 27th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in December 2013. The SEA Games is the biggest sporting event in Southeast Asia...
August 6, 2013
| Mizzima
Twenty more tourist-police will be assigned to Bagan to curb tourists robbery, on August 20, a police officer of the Tourist Police Force (Bagan)...
August 6, 2013
| KIC
RANGOON – The 88 Generation Students began its silver jubilee commemoration activities today in Rangoon. The silver jubilee celebrations started at...
August 6, 2013
| IMNA
Khitar Non – The New Mon State Party (NMSP) met with members from the Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) for an informal and unplanned discussion in the Mon...