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June 8, 2013
Protestors pictured in front of China's Wanbao Company in Latpadaung area on 20 November 2012 Photo: Open Society Monywa
June 8, 2013
A former student union leader has called for the Myanmar government to form an investigation commission into the deadly crackdown by security forces...
June 8, 2013
A Burma Army officer physically assaulted four villagers from Wa Daw last week for refusing his orders to do forced labor for him.
June 7, 2013
Burma campaign groups and Kachin diaspora organizations around the world participated in the Global Day of Action today to mark the 2nd anniversary...
June 7, 2013
Thailand-based NGO Assistance Association for Political Prisoners-Burma (AAPP) said on Friday that it welcomes Myanmar President Thein Sein’s pledge...
June 7, 2013
Sixty NGOs and campaign groups in 21 countries will take part on Friday in a Global Day of Action today to mark what they say is the 2nd anniversary...
June 7, 2013
Two assistants of US Ambassador to Myanmar Derek Mitchell traveled to Kachin State capital Myitkyina this week to meet leaders of Kachin civic groups...
June 7, 2013
Myanmar's Nobel Peace Prize laureate said she does not want to inflame ethnic tensions by pointing the finger at one community or the other, speaking...
June 7, 2013
It is reported that 5 suspects who have been accused of killing a nephew of Shan MP managed to escape from the Muse district justice court, a town on...
June 7, 2013
The first June is the opening day for the government schools in Burma, but a number of schools in rural areas of northern Arakan remain closed,...
June 7, 2013
Arakan Liberation Party (ALP), one of the ceasefire ethnic armed groups of Burma, has called upon the Arakanese people to build a stronger Army to...
June 7, 2013
Captain Gyi No, a Karen National Union (KNU) leader from the Tenasserim Division in southern Burma confirmed with Karen News that a Burma Army...
June 7, 2013
Following a number of reports and demands made to the Burma Army chief-of-staff for their confiscated lands to be returned to them, 70 farmers from...
June 7, 2013
Government officials, from Nay Pyi Taw, working for the land confiscation investigation commission team and led by Dr. Htay Win were in Hpa-an last...
June 6, 2013
Dateline: More residents of Sittwe, which was known as Akyab during the British rule in western Burma (Myanmar) are coming to the streets supporting...

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