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May 19, 2012
| Mizzima
The United States' suspension of some economic sanctions against Burma has sparked mixed reaction from analysts and rights groups. Some argue that...
May 19, 2012
| Narinjara
The regional government in western Burma’s Arakan State has undertaken field investigations on 11th of May on a matter that was signed and petitioned...
May 18, 2012
| KIC
The Burmese Association of Thailand along with Thai authorities rescued 80 Burmese migrant workers that were being illegally held by their employer...
May 18, 2012
| KIC
The Burma Army is accused of ongoing human rights violations –including the use of violent torture- according to a report by a grassroots...
May 18, 2012
| Mizzima
In an open letter sent to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon earlier this week the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) called on the UN to take...
May 18, 2012
| Mizzima
After receiving a letter from the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon called for an end to the fighting in Kachin State in...
May 18, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma’s President Thein Sein is feeling ill and was resting at his home in Rangoon on Friday. An adviser said his condition was “nothing to worry...
May 17, 2012
| Kaladan
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Bangladeshi police arrested over fifty undocumented Rohingyas from different localities on May 13-14, said one local who did...
May 17, 2012
| S.H.A.N
More people are engaged in opium production and more of them, including women and monks, are using drugs in Shan State North, according to local...
May 17, 2012
| Narinjara
About 70 residents have taken to the streets to protest against the Electric Power Cooperation (EPC) on Saturday in Ma-ei Sub-Township in Taungup...
May 17, 2012
| Narinjara
The leaders of six political parties in Burma will attend a political seminar in Australia which is conducted by the Center for Democratic...
May 17, 2012
| Narinjara
Locals told Narinjara that no punitive action has been taken by the Burma authorities against an Indian Manipur (local name – Kathay) rebel who took...
May 17, 2012
| Narinjara
India supports over one hundred thousand refugees from Burma (also known as Brahmadesh or Myanmar) and most of them live in Mizoram in northeastern...
May 17, 2012
| Mizzima
About 2,500 Rohingya refugees from Burma who have been appealing for asylum with UNHCR officials in India were dispersed from their occupation site...
May 17, 2012
| Mizzima
The National League for Democracy (NLD) party has been opening village-level offices in Arakan State with an aim to bring rural people into the...