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Left to right - Aye Naing and Pyae Bone Naing from the Democratic Voice of Burma and Thein Zaw, also known as Lawi Weng, from The Irrawaddy
July 4, 2017
The European Union Delegation has issued the following statement in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Myanmar.
Protestors call for the release of jailed journalists. Photo: Mizzima
July 4, 2017
A signature campaign was launched on June 30 for the immediate release of all journalists who were arrested and charged under section 66(d) of...
Myanmar children go to school near the bank of the Irrawaddy River in Mandalay, Myanmar. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
July 1, 2017
<p>A new census report by the UNFPA reveals that while youth literacy in Myanmar is relatively high at 94 per cent, this still means that more...
Aye Naing and Pyae Bone Naing from the Democratic Voice of Burma and Thein Zaw, also known as Lawi Weng, from The Irrawaddy
June 27, 2017
The Myanmar authorities must immediately release three journalists, who were detained while carrying out their work in conflict-afflicted northern...
June 25, 2017
<p>The Voice daily newspaper chief editor U Kyaw Min Swe, who is being prosecuted under the Telecommunications Law section 66(d), has had a...
Holding discussion over the planned protest. Photo: Protection for Journalists Committee -Myanmar
June 25, 2017
The protest and signature collection event that journalists planned to hold in front of the Yangon Division Military Headquarters to call for the...
June 25, 2017
The Voice daily newspaper chief editor U Kyaw Min Swe, who is being prosecuted under the Telecommunications Law section 66(d), has had a bail request...
Myanmar government spokesman Zaw Htay. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
June 23, 2017
Suspected militant training camps were discovered in Mayu Mountain Range in Buthidaung-Maungdaw area in Rakhine State, the Information Committee of...
Rebels belonging to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) ethnic group inspect government ammunitions and soldiers' helmets after two days of fighting with the Myanmar military near Laiza in Kachin State. Photo: AFP
June 23, 2017
A coalition of political parties in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state said on Wednesday that the national army’s offensives in Tanaing township and the...
June 23, 2017
U Zaw Htay, Director General of Myanmar President’s office, said that there is no visa ban on Harn Yanghwe who is the youngest son of Sao Shwe Thaik...
Sweden's Prime minister Stefan Lofven (R) and Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (L) during a press conference after their meeting at the Rosenbad in Stockholm, Sweden, 12 June 2017. Photo: EPA
June 14, 2017
A United Nations probe into alleged human rights abuses by Myanmar's military against the minority Rohingya people last year would inflame ethnic...
The late S S. Khaplang, centre, seen here at his camp in Myanmar. Photo: samir kar purkayastha/PCDN
June 12, 2017
The Burmese Naga rebel leader S S Khaplang has died of illness, his comrades said late on Friday.