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April 30, 2014
Armed ethnic groups cannot accept conditions set by Defence Services Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing for a national ceasefire...
April 30, 2014
Delegates at the Arakan National Conference in Kyaukphyu have called for Rakhine State to receive a 50 percent share of all revenues from oil and gas...
April 30, 2014
The Burmese military is clearly involved in the drug production and trade in Burma but convincing the international community would be the most...
April 29, 2014
A failure to end communal tensions in Rakhine State could adversely affect Myanmar’s democratic transformation, Minister of the President’s Office U...
April 29, 2014
MP and member of the Farmland Investigation Commission is calling for changes in handling land disputes which he says will make the process faster...
April 29, 2014
The United Nationalities Federation Council (UNFC) issued a strongly-worded statement condemning the ongoing government offensives against ceasefire...
April 28, 2014
Burma watchers who are expecting the next round of talks on the 1st week of May are in for some disappointment, as more consultations among the armed...
April 28, 2014
Burma Campaign UK, a human rights advocacy organisation, has called for Burma’s President to release the country’s remaining political prisoners and...
April 28, 2014
Rohingyas living in Australia recently met with governmental heads to discuss the human rights situation in Arakan state during an open forum.
April 28, 2014
Over 35 Rohingya from Maungdaw Township were recently assaulted by a group of Rakhine extremists, according to Hashim.
April 26, 2014
The Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) has marked its golden jubilee celebration at its headquarters Wanhai, Kesi township,...
April 26, 2014
A key alliance of ethnic groups has condemned recent Tatmadaw offensives in Kachin and northern Shan states and warned they could jeopardise...
April 26, 2014
Today marked World Malaria Day, and while the global community celebrated significant declines in moratlity rates from malaria since 2000, a new drug...
April 25, 2014
A Yangon court has sentenced two Muslim clergymen to eight years years’ in prison over a fire in a mosque dormitory a year ago that claimed the lives...
April 25, 2014
Human rights organisations are expressing grave concerns over the fate of a prominent ethnic Karen activist who disappeared after reportedly being...

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