Archive Two
January 18, 2012
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Over a million Muslim devotees raised their hands in prayer seeking...
January 18, 2012
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Burma’s border security force (Nasaka) arrested the father of a woman...
January 18, 2012
Maungdaw, Arakan State: A woman was arrested by the Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) on...
January 17, 2012
Troops from Burma's armed forces are continuing to kill unarmed civilians in the Hpakant (or Hpakan...
January 17, 2012
More than 150 child soldier and child labour cases have been documented in Yephyu Township,...
January 17, 2012
People in two townships in Arakan State are protesting, calling for the Burmese government to...
January 17, 2012
A Thai company, Hydrotek, an engineering firm, says it is planning to enter the water-management...
January 17, 2012
Japan has signed MoUs with Burma involving investments in renewable energy and environmental...
January 17, 2012
The U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma on Monday welcomed the amnesty and release a...
January 16, 2012
Officials from the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) claim the Burmese army has suffered...
January 16, 2012
Six imprisoned Arakanese youth were freed on Friday as part of the latest presidential amnesty,...
January 16, 2012
The Burmese government has recently privatized the sugar mill in Kyauktaw - the only sugar mill in...
January 16, 2012
Buthidaung: Local police have arrested a woman from Buthidaung in northern Arakan State on charges...
January 16, 2012
Abbot Ashin Wayponela, aka Win Tin of Shwebonetha monastery in Mandalay, was released from Yamethin...
January 16, 2012
The Asean panel charged with drafting a human rights code is working largely in secrecy and not...
January 16, 2012
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, one of the toughest critics of Burma’s previous military government,...