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January 4, 2012
| Mizzima
Aung San Suu Kyi has yet to officially announce what parliamentary constituency she will contest, but voters now know they will be casting their...
January 4, 2012
| Mizzima
A total of 1,400 prisoners including 33 political prisoners were released from Burmese prisons across the country under a presidential commutation...
January 4, 2012
| Kaladan
The drumming in of a new year is always an occasion for an expression of hope and a time to look back at what has been and could have been. We...
January 4, 2012
| Kaladan
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Burma’s border security force, Nasaka, has been pressing villagers from Maungdaw north into forced labor since December 20,...
January 4, 2012
| Mizzima
The chairman and members of Burma’s National Human Rights Commission visited Insein Prison, the Hlay-Hlaw-Inn Yebet Prison Labour Camp and Myitkyina...
January 4, 2012
| Narinjara
A young woman from Sittwe in western Burma's Arakan State has committed suicide by consuming poison, reportedly after her boyfriend, who is a sailor...
January 4, 2012
| Mizzima
Burmese President Thein Sein announced a reduction in prisoners’ sentences on Monday to coincide with the country’s 64th Independence Day. A newly...
January 4, 2012
| Mizzima
One of the most compelling appeals for the release of Burma’s remaining political prisoners comes from a little girl whose parents are serving...
January 3, 2012
| Khonumthung
The delegation chosen by the Chin National Front (CNF) to meet with state-level government officials from Chin State for upcoming peace talks left...
January 3, 2012
| Kaladan
Teknaf, Bangladesh: The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) pushed back 1,768 Rohingya people to Burma in 2011. The majority were arrested along the Burma-...
January 3, 2012
| Kaladan
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Burma’s Engineering Army (GE) destroyed seven shops, looting goods and severely beating Rohingya shopkeepers, in Fokira Bazar...
January 3, 2012
| Kaladan
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Bangladesh is facing severe shortages of connectivity, which hampers business with Burma. These obstacles include a lack of...
January 3, 2012
| S.H.A.N
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) and National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) had signed 6-point agreements with Naypyitaw’s delegation led by U Aung...
January 3, 2012
| Narinjara
Tokyo: The Japan-based Arakan Nationlist Group said it has selected Rammarwady Ashin Pinnyasara, who is imprisoned by the Burmese government for his...
December 31, 2011
| kaladan Press
Maungdaw, Arakan State: District and township administration offices again banned Azan prayers with loudspeakers in Maungdaw on December 28,...