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Burmese Army soldiers slaughter livestock in famine hit areas
Khonumthung News
Saturday, 26 July 2008
A vengeful Burmese junta has been using Burmese Army soldiers to kill domestic animals in Darling village in Matupi Township, southern Chin state in areas that have been badly hit by food crisis. The slaughtering is a sort of revenge because the residents of the area did not vote ‘Yes’ in the referendum to approve the draft constitution.
 
UN relief chief admits to "loss" of aid money in exchange duplicity
Mizzima News
Friday, 25 July 2008
New Delhi - Over two months on after relief efforts, the United Nations has perforce admitted that there is a 'serious issue'  involved in the conversion mechanism of the aid money provided to Burma's cyclone victims.
 
Child sweatshop across the border
S.H.A.N.
Friday, 25 July 2008
Many children are being forced to work under unduly harsh conditions in Mongton Township, opposite Chiangmai, according to a report emanating from the border.
 
Heightened security by Chinese on Sino-Burma border before Olympics
Kachin News Group
Friday, 25 July 2008
People from both China and Burma crossing the border between China's Yunnan province and Northern Burma are being thoroughly checked by Chinese border authorities in the run up to the Beijing Olympic Games on August 8, said border sources.
 
Burmese junta turns blind eye to food crisis in Chin state: WLC
Khonumthung News
Friday, 25 July 2008
The Burmese regime was lambasted today for its callousness in solving the current food crisis faced by the people of Chin state in Burma by the Women's League of Chinland, an umbrella group of different Chin women's organizations in exile.
 
Woman shop owner arrested in Moulmein
IMNA
Friday, 25 July 2008
A woman shop owner was arrested by Moulmein authorities on the accusation of being linked to the death of 59 Burmese migrant workers who suffocated to death while entering Thailand on the way Ranong to Phuket on April 9.
 
Cyclone donors should set up monitoring body: HRW
Mizzima News
Thursday, 24 July 2008
New Delhi - The New York based Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged donors helping Burma's cyclone victims to form an independent monitoring body to ensure that their relief material is not manipulated by the repressive Burmese regime.
 
"We don't have authority to close Indo-Burma border trade road: CNF
Khonumthung News
Thursday, 24 July 2008
The Chin National Front, a Chin rebel group today said that it had not issued any order to shut down the Indo-Burma border trade road No (2). It, however asked Burmese traders not to trade until there is a roll back in the hike on transportation fees in Mizoram state, northeast India.
 
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Drug addiction in Mon migrant communities

At the Annual General Meeting hosted by the Mon migrant community in Klang, near Kuala Lumpur, Master of Ceremonies Nai Plu took the opportunity to boldly come forward and request action on alcohol and drug abuse among migrant workers, saying, "I propose that leading members lead the working committee by taking an oath to stay drug free and prove their worth as good role models."

Making money from death

Nothing can be more despicable than making money from the dead. But that is precisely what Burmese junta administrators and a section of police personnel in Mon state did in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, when scores of bodies in various stages of decomposition floated into the Mon state coastline in the month of May.

Alarming rise in poppy cultivation and opium use in Kachin

Cultivation of poppy and the consumption of opium has become the bane of Kachin State in northern Burma. Demand for opium far outstrips production and both have registered an alarming rise.

Analysis

Cronyism; unhealthy competition in media market

The workability of most local media outlets in Burma is now apparently harder not just because of irregularities of the censorship board but also the unscrupulous approach of military cronies at their own expenses, resulting in an obstruction of the growth of private media.

Burma after Cyclone Nargis: devastated, depressed and dejected

The devastating tropical cyclone Nargis that struck southern Burma (Myanmar) two months ago, has revealed to the world that it was even less disastrous compared to its regime. The military regime, which not only ignored the difficulties faced by its own people after the disaster, but also restricted relief from international communities for them. The group of Generals, known as the State Peace and Development Council, had one apprehension that the massive flow of foreign aid workers to their country might create an ambiance for a major uprising against the government.

Burma after Cyclone Nargis: devastated, depressed and dejected

The devastating tropical cyclone Nargis that struck southern Burma (Myanmar) two months ago, has revealed to the world that it was even less disastrous compared to its regime. The military regime, which not only ignored the difficulties faced by its own people after the disaster, but also restricted relief from international communities for them. The group of Generals, known as the State Peace and Development Council, had one apprehension that the massive flow of foreign aid workers to their country might create an ambiance for a major uprising against the government.

Photo News

Chiangmai was considerably brightened by the gathering of celebrated woman activists from Burma: Charm Tong, Tin Tin Nyo and Thin Thin Aung together with Nobel laureate Jody Williams and actress-activist Mia Farrow at the Chiangmai University Auditorium. Photo::SHAN

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Court hears case of female reporter covering on Cyclone

Chiang Mai — Despite of the absence of a key prosecutor's witness, a township court in Burma's former capital on Thursday conducted the hearing of the case of a Burmese female reporter, who was arrested while covering on victims of Cyclone Nargis.

Junta officials confiscate Burmese political cartoons

Government officials removed four cartoons from a fund-raising exhibit earlier this week for allegedly violating government policies. The exhibit,entitled 'Wake-up from Storm,' was for the benefit of victims of cyclone Nargis.

Malaysian NGOs reject criminalization of free expression

Several Malaysian non-government organizations (NGOs) are up in arms over what they claim as the government's continuous invoking of laws to criminalize free expression.

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