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April 2, 2014
Doors were kicked in, signs on houses to identifying the residents were ripped down and foul language shouted by a census team in the town of...
April 2, 2014
Residents of Ka Mawt Ka Kyo village allege that area village heads are using the census to collect money from villagers.
April 2, 2014
More than 130 villagers from 20 villages in Hlaingbwe and Hpa-An Township signed a petition letter and sent to the state parliament demanding a...
April 2, 2014
The Rakhine State Government has invited United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to visit to see how “sensitive and fragile” is the situation...
April 2, 2014
Muslims in Bago say they have denied the opportunity to list their ethnic identity in the national census that began on March 30, Mizzima has been...
April 2, 2014
The United Nations Population Fund has accused the Myanmar government of breaching international standards in the national census underway throughout...
April 1, 2014
Residents of the southern Chin State village of Simi want a Buddhist pagoda removed. They have collected 132 signatures and sent two letters to Chin...
April 1, 2014
Tensions are running high in Tidim town after an explosion occurred in front of the Chin National Front (CNF) liaison office several days ago.
April 1, 2014
Villagers are being pressured to lay down demands for Rohingya to be accepted in the race column of the census. Leaders have been told to get...
April 1, 2014
Apparent backtracking has taken place when it comes to allowing respondents to self-identify their ethnic background in Myanmar's first census for...
April 1, 2014
The protest site at Mahabandula Park Street was the scene on a 3am raid on March 30 by a group of people identifiable only by the red armbands they...
April 1, 2014
Finland is hosting a 3-day Conference on National Dialogue and Mediation Process that begins today, according to a Pyidaungsu Institute (PI) for...
April 1, 2014
A Buddhist from the Chakma tribe, known as Thet in Burmese language, was slaughtered by a group of miscreants on 29 March 2014 in Maungdaw township...
March 31, 2014
Some Maungdaw vehicles have been requisitioned by local authorities for transporting census groups, starting yesterday until the census finishes on...
March 31, 2014
The word Rohingya will not be accepted on the census, said U Ye Htut.

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