News
January 18, 2012
| Kaladan
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Over a million Muslim devotees raised their hands in prayer seeking forgiveness and blessings for the peace and prosperity of...
January 18, 2012
| Kaladan
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Burma’s border security force (Nasaka) arrested the father of a woman accused of a love affair with a boy, on January 7. The...
January 18, 2012
| Kaladan
Maungdaw, Arakan State: A woman was arrested by the Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) on December 15, in Maungdaw Township, for alleged...
January 17, 2012
| KNG
Troops from Burma's armed forces are continuing to kill unarmed civilians in the Hpakant (or Hpakan) jade mining area of Kachin State, according to...
January 17, 2012
| Mizzima
More than 150 child soldier and child labour cases have been documented in Yephyu Township, Taninthayi Region, in southern Burma, according to the...
January 17, 2012
| Mizzima
People in two townships in Arakan State are protesting, calling for the Burmese government to supply more gas to the region as a fuel to provide more...
January 17, 2012
| Mizzima
A Thai company, Hydrotek, an engineering firm, says it is planning to enter the water-management business in Burma, which is underdeveloped and will...
January 17, 2012
| Mizzima
Japan has signed MoUs with Burma involving investments in renewable energy and environmental conservation during talks last week, according to the...
January 17, 2012
| Mizzima
The U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma on Monday welcomed the amnesty and release a significant number of prisoners of conscience.
January 16, 2012
| KNG
Officials from the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) claim the Burmese army has suffered numerous serious injuries since it launched an...
January 16, 2012
| Narinjara
Six imprisoned Arakanese youth were freed on Friday as part of the latest presidential amnesty, said one of their relatives.
January 16, 2012
| Narinjara
The Burmese government has recently privatized the sugar mill in Kyauktaw - the only sugar mill in western Burma's Arakan State - and has leased it...
January 16, 2012
| Narinjara
Buthidaung: Local police have arrested a woman from Buthidaung in northern Arakan State on charges of trafficking young women from the town.
January 16, 2012
| Mizzima
The Asean panel charged with drafting a human rights code is working largely in secrecy and not consulting with human rights’ NGOs, raising concerns...
January 16, 2012
| Mizzima
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, one of the toughest critics of Burma’s previous military government, says after a few more concrete moves toward...