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July 17, 2013
| Narinjara
A fugitive Muslim leader was arrested by the police on Monday from his residence at Thetkalpyin village in Sittwe Township of Arakan. The local...
July 17, 2013
| KNG
In an interview conducted yesterday, Dr. Tu Ja, a former senior member of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) told the Kachin News Group that...
July 17, 2013
| KNG
Kachin activists in London on Monday protested Burmese President Thein Sein's current state visit to the UK. A large group of Kachin protesters...
July 17, 2013
| Narinjara
The Burmese home ministry has taken over the responsibility to check the western Burma border as the Nasaka force was abolished by President Thein...
July 17, 2013
| KIC
The Burma News International (BNI), an alliance of mainly ethnic news organizations rejected the controversial draft Printing and Publishing...
July 16, 2013
| S.H.A.N
Local sources in Tachilek told SHAN the South Korean NGOs who claim 64 North Koreans are being held by “rebels” in Tachilek, opposite Thailand’s...
July 16, 2013
| Narinjara
The Indonesian police have arrested 62 asylum seekers from Burma, Bangladesh and Nepal. A police patrol of the island nation caught 18 Burmese along...
July 16, 2013
| Mizzima
Myanmar President Thein Sein’s first official visit to the UK prompted pressure from international bodies calling for him to address human rights...
July 16, 2013
| Mizzima
The regional government has denied a request from residents in Yangon’s Insein Township to hold a public vigil on Martyrs’ Day this Friday.
July 16, 2013
| Mizzima
88 Generation Students representative Mya Aye meets with the ethnic alliance, United Nationalities Federal Council(UNFC), on July 14, 2013. Photo:...
July 16, 2013
| KIC
The Karen National Union (KNU) in Southern Burma allege that a Burma Army commander threatened to kill villagers who met with its local officials to...
July 16, 2013
| KIC
A survey conducted by the Karen Refugees Committee at the Tham Hin camp Southern Thailand found that 46 percent of those Karen refugees who were...
July 16, 2013
| IMNA
Min Thu Tha — The Burma Army Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 283 produced an exemption letter that allows a transport vehicle under their control to...
July 16, 2013
| Kaladan Press
Five Rohingya villagers from northern Maungdaw were severely tortured by Nasaka one day before the border security force was officially dissolved...
July 16, 2013
| Kaladan Press
Only a day after they were dissolved by Burma’s central government, Nasaka (Burma border security force) have allegedly abducted 3 Bangladeshi...