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Source > Myint Maung/Mizzima News
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 23:28
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District Court in Rangoon’s notorious Insein prison has set February 15 for pronouncing the verdict of four women activists including popular activist Naw Ohn Hla, who are supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi...
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Source > SAW YAN NAING/The Irrawaddy
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 23:14
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More than 3,000 Karen refugees staying in Tha Song Yang in Thailand's Tak Province must return to their homes across the border in a conflict zone in Burma by Feb 15, said Karen sources...
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Source > Naw Noreen/DVB
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 23:03
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Two under-aged boys from Magwe division’s Taungdwingyi in central Burma recruited into army by force last month have been returned to their parents...
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Source > Kyaw Kha/Mizzima News
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 23:04
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Villagers are being killed and houses being burnt to the ground in Karen state by the Burmese Army to occupy territory and to divert the attention of people opposing the proposed 2010 elections ...
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Source > LAWI WENG/The Irrawaddy
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:00
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The Burmese army is still recruiting underage youth despite the government's agreement with the UN that such practices would stop. In the latest incident, Kyaw Min Tun, 14, was conscripted ...
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Source > AFP
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 19:57
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A Burmese court delayed a verdict Wednesday in the case of a US citizen detained in the military-ruled country, whose release has been called for by more than 50 US lawmakers, his lawyer said...
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Source > THE IRRAWADDY
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 19:51
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A Burmese court has postponed the trial of detained Burmese-American activist Nyi Nyi Aung, a.k.a Kyaw Zaw Lwin, to Feb.10, according to his aunt, Khin Khin Swe...
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Source > Associated Press
Thursday, 21 January 2010 23:16
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Cooperation among the countries of the Mekong River region is putting pressure on human traffickers, a top Myanmar official has said. The Myanma Ahlin daily reported Thursday that ...
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Source > Salai Pi Pi/Mizzima News
Thursday, 21 January 2010 23:09
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Human rights conditions in military-ruled Burma continued to deteriorate in 2009, with increasing attacks on human rights defenders ahead of the general election scheduled for later this year, ...
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Source > Francis Wade/DVB
Thursday, 21 January 2010 23:07
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A leading rights watchdog has reported a global rise in the number of state-sanctioned abuses against “rights defenders”, fueled in part by the inability of the rights movement to protect victims...
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Source > ARKAR MOE/The Irrawaddy
Thursday, 21 January 2010 22:59
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Burma's human rights record continued to deteriorate in 2009 ahead of a scheduled elections in 2010, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). In its 612-page World Report 2010 ...
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Source > Khin Hnin Htet/DVB
Thursday, 21 January 2010 22:57
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Eight activists have been charged for their role in the September 2007 uprising, more than two years after police in Burma launched a brutal crackdown on peaceful protests...
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Source > Kachin News Group
Tuesday, 12 January 2010 22:15
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Human rights abuse on the ethnic Kachin people in Northern Burma have been in evidence by the Burmese junta at the recently concluded 62nd anniversary of the State Day ...
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Source > Yee May Aung/DVB
Tuesday, 12 January 2010 21:41
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The detained organizer of weekly prayer ceremonies that called for the release of political prisoners in Burma yesterday complained about prison conditions in a court appearance...
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Source > Myint Maung/Mizzima News
Friday, 08 January 2010 23:45
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Fifteen political activists from three townships in Mandalay Division, who were held in Obo prison in Mandalay for three months, were given various prison sentences ranging from two years to 71 years ...
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Source > Saw Myint Thein/Karen Information Center
Thursday, 07 January 2010 22:49
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The DKBA battalion No. 7 under brigade 999, based in KNU brigade 7 area recently ordered locals on a rotational basis to reconstruct an army camp. Lt. Col. Saw Lik Theint, of the DKBA battalion No. 7, ordered local villagers ...
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Source > Salai Pi Pi/Mizzima News
Thursday, 07 January 2010 19:41
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The World Food Program (WFP) has pledged to offer further help to Chin state in western Burma plagued by rat infestation and other natural disasters leading to food shortage over the last three years.
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Source > Naw Say Phaw/DVB
Thursday, 07 January 2010 16:25
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The International Labour Organisation is looking to change its approach to dealing with issues of child soldiers and forced labour in Burma, with a top-level ILO official to visit the country next week...
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Source > Bangkok Post
Sunday, 25 October 2009 11:55
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The Asean Charter must be implemented immediately to address ongoing human rights violations in Burma and keep a close watch on any offences against ethnic people ahead of next year's elections ... |
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Source > Xinhua
Sunday, 18 October 2009 21:20
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The Myanmar Photographers Association and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will jointly launch a photo contest in the biggest city of Yangon to mark the 20th anniversary ... |
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