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December 23, 2011
| Kaladan Press
Teknaf, Bangladesh: A Rohingya fisherman was killed by a local Bangladeshi fisherman on the morning of December 17, said a fisherman who worked...
December 23, 2011
| Kaladan Press
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Office staff at the Maungdaw Administration Office have been blocking local people from meeting the township administration...
December 23, 2011
| Kaladan Press
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Security officers and their collaborators are creating false cases to extort money from the Rohingya community in Maungdaw,...
December 22, 2011
| Kun Chan
(Mizzima) – A top Burmese peacemaking official has told a Mon peace delegation that political prisoners could be released in January and February.
December 22, 2011
| S.H.A.N.
Although the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and the government are preparing for a new round of peace talks, the Burma Army is still sending...
December 22, 2011
| KIC
Reports by human rights groups accuse the Burma Army of ongoing abuses including rape, torture and murder.
December 22, 2011
| Saw Thein Myint
After being reported ‘as disappeared’ during his trip to China in August 2011, Padoh Mahn Nyein Maung, a Karen National Union central executive...
December 22, 2011
| Saw Poe Moo
Villagers say Burma Army units operating in the Amo in Palaw Township of Tenasserim Division area have imposed a night curfew order on local...
December 22, 2011
| Nan Paw Gay
The Karen National Union confirmed to Karen News that it will officially meet with the Burma government to progress ceasefire talks on 12th January...
December 22, 2011
| S.H.A.N.
Shan State Army (SSA) ‘South’ spokesman Sai Lao Hseng says the next round of talks with Naypyitaw’s union level delegates will deal with local...
December 22, 2011
| Narinjara
Kyauk Pru: Local government authorities have started paying 3 lakh kyat to each farmer whose farmlands will be crossed by the Chinese gas pipeline...
December 22, 2011
| Kaladan Press
Teknaf, Bangladesh: A patrol team of the Bangladeshi Coast Guard seized a large amount of contraband Burmese liquor and Yaba methamphetamine pills...
December 22, 2011
| Kaladan Press
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Burma Border Security Force (Nasaka) officials extorted 700,000 Kyat from two couples that failed to apply for marriage...
December 22, 2011
| KNG
Exiled Kachin activist Duwa Bawmwang Laraw recently donated 5,000 sacks of rice and a large amount of warm clothing to support the growing number of...
December 21, 2011
| Kyaw Kha
Chiang Mai (Mizzima)– Gold and antimony mining permits are being sought by companies interested in exploring and operating mines in Karen National...