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April 22, 2014
| Mizzima
A coalition of 12 ethnic groups, the United Nationalities Federal Council, has begun a two-day meeting to discuss negotiations between the government...
April 22, 2014
| KIC
Human rights organisations and ethnic political groups have called for an international investigation into systematic sexual abuses committed by the...
April 22, 2014
| Mizzima
Veteran journalist U Win Tin, a co-founder in 1988 of the National League for Democracy who subsequently served 19 years’in prison for his political...
April 12, 2014
| KIC
Chin refugees in India fleeing persecution in Burma are left to fend for themselves as the UNHCR and local organisations tasked with protecting them...
April 12, 2014
| KIC
A human rights advocacy group calls for investigation into Britain’s decision to give millions in aid money to assist the Burma government’s census...
April 12, 2014
| KNG
On the last day, of the first census in Burma in decades, heavy fighting broke out between the government and Kachin Independence Organization (KIO)...
April 11, 2014
| S.H.A.N
A Shan village signpost in Nawng Khio, northern Shan State, was demolished by unknown assailants on April 9, to the anger of some Shan cyber-users.
April 11, 2014
| KNG
Fauna & Flora International (FFI), a British environmental organization, has announced it will move forward with plans to establish a nature...
April 11, 2014
| IMNA
Aye Mi Aung – As Burma’s first census in decades ends tomorrow, some households in Mon and Karen states are feeling left out. There are complaints of...
April 11, 2014
| IMNA
Burmese journalists recently met for an ethic workshop in Mon State capital Moulmein. Main organizers, the Myanmar Journalist Council (MJC) and...
April 10, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Dozens of Rakhine, allegedly from Bangladesh, were arrested by the army after being spotted carrying weapons in the mountain pass of Sein Nyin Pya...
April 10, 2014
| Mizzima
Members of the Union parliament have alleged that the work of a committee appointed to investigate land ownership disputes is being hampered by...
April 9, 2014
| Mizzima
Myanmar activists opposed to hate speech took their campaign to upper Myanmar on April 8, with small groups gathering in several cities to warn...
April 9, 2014
| Mizzima
The United Nations Population Fund has come under criticism from human rights groups over its role in the national census in Myanmar from March 30 to...
April 9, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Since the countrywide census started nearly ten days ago more army battalions have been deployed to Maungdaw, said local politician Anwer.