News
August 22, 2012
| Mizzima
The members of Burma’s Constitutional Tribunal say they will not resign in spite of a movement in the Lower House of Parliament that seeks their...
August 22, 2012
| Khonumthung
Eight members of the Chin National Front (CNF) attended a workshop addressing the ‘Protection of Women and Children’ organized by Geneva Call on the...
August 21, 2012
| Narinjara
Three students who were arrested in Thandwe in Arakan State, allegedly for distributing anti-Muslim pamphlets in the area were produced in court on...
August 21, 2012
| Narinjara
Some employees of the INGOs including UNHCR, who were arrested due to alleged involvement in June’s violent unrests in Arakan State, were released by...
August 21, 2012
| KNG
An estimated group of more than 500 civilians in the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) controlled section of the Hpakant jade mining district,...
August 21, 2012
| IMNA
On August 19, an alliance of six ethnic parties called the National Brotherhood Forum (NBF) signed an agreement to encourage and promote print media...
August 21, 2012
| IMNA
Publishers and editors in Burma (Myanmar) were informed yesterday that all censorship by the government’s Press Scrutiny and Registration Division (...
August 21, 2012
| Mizzima
Two ethnic armed groups in Burma recently signed a “deed commitment” with a Swiss-based human rights group, pledging to eliminate underage soldiers...
August 21, 2012
| Mizzima
A Kachin State member of the Union Parliament has called on the Burmese government to repeal a law that allows the government to arrest alleged...
August 21, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma should dismantle its censorship department and repeal all laws that continue to allow suppression of news in the name of national security, the...
August 21, 2012
| Mizzima
Because the Burmese censorship department will still monitor the press, the US says it would like to see it “eradicated.”
August 20, 2012
| KIC
Karen people who have resettled in Australia are determined that their children do not forget their heritage or their traditions. This year a Karen...
August 20, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Since July 21, when Maj Gen Aung Kyaw Zaw, Commander of Lashio-based Northeastern Region Command issued an ultimatum to Shan State Progress Party /...
August 20, 2012
| Narinjara
Over 3000 Buddhists joined a prayer ceremony on Friday in Bandarban, a town in southern Chittagong Hill Tract in Bangladesh, aimed to prevent...
August 20, 2012
| Narinjara
An armed terrorist group illegally entered Burma from Bangladesh and opened fire on local residents of Kalarchaung village in Rathidaung Township of...