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A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 08 November 2015. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
November 22, 2016
People’s Alliance for Credible Elections to monitor By-elections
The People’s Alliance for Credible Elections (PACE) plans to monitor several aspects of the process to fill 19 vacant constituencies, both before and...
A senior officers inspects newly recruited members of the Myanmar Police Force standing in line as they take part in a training exercise in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 15 November 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
November 18, 2016
Information Committee formed for issues in Rakhine State
The President’s Office announced yesterday the formation of the State Counsellor Office’s Information Committee, state media reported on 17 November...
An aerial view of Insein prison in Yangon. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
November 11, 2016
Prison reforms must respect human rights - Amnesty
Myanmar’s government must seize the opportunity to break with its grim past where prisoners were subject to torture and appalling conditions by...
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (C) delivers a speech on stage at Donald Trump's 2016 US presidential Election Night event as votes continue to be counted at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York, New York, USA, 08 November 2016. Photo: Shawn Thew/EPA
November 11, 2016
Trump victory may mean ‘little change for Myanmar’
US Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Scot Marciel indicates the victory of Donald Trump in the US election is unlikely to signal major change in US-Myanmar...
Fifth Conference on Media Development in Myanmar at the Chatrium Hotel in Yangon on 07 November 2016. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
November 10, 2016
Media conference stresses need for an independent media
As questions over media freedom come to the fore under Myanmar’s new government, government officials, analysts and media people are meeting in...
Rakhine children look at an armed guard at the Si Taung village in Buthee Taung township, northern Rakhine State, Myanmar, 25 April 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
November 9, 2016
Grave risks to children in Rakhine State - UNICEF
Worsening inter-communal conflict in Rakhine State, Myanmar is taking a terrible toll on children -- especially those living in the northern part of...
Villagers carry belongings as they prepare to flee from fighting at Aung Mingalar village near Maungdaw town of Bangladesh-Myanmar border, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 13 October 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
November 9, 2016
Proposed Rakhine ‘civilian police force’ a recipe for disaster - ICJ
The Myanmar government’s recently announced plan to enlist civilians as a ‘regional police force’ in Myanmar’s troubled northern Rakhine State is...
Renata Lok-Dessallien (left), United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Myanmar, boards a military helicopter with diplomats on board to take off for a trip to Maungdaw town's fighting area at the Sittwe airport in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 3 November. Foreign diplomats led by Renata, visit Sittwe and Maungdaw conflict area on 02 November and 03 November 2016 for the Human Rights accusations to the Muslims. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
November 7, 2016
Rights groups claim Myanmar govt obstructing reporters from covering...
Several international human rights groups have spoken out over what they allege is Myanmar government obstruction and harassment of journalists...
Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi (R) shakes hands with Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) prior to their talks at a hotel in Tokyo, Japan, 03 November 2016. Suu Kyi is in Tokyo on her first visit since she assumed office as the Foreign Minister in 2016. Photo: EPA
November 5, 2016
Japan to help Myanmar end ethnic conflict
Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Myanmar’s State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi agreed yesterday to cooperate in efforts to end ethnic...
Photo: Patrick Brown/Panos
November 4, 2016
New report highlights land confiscation in Myanmar’s Karen State
A new report launched today by Human Rights Watch called “‘The Farmer Becomes the Criminal’: Land Confiscation in Burma’s Karen State” documents how...
Ethnic Kachin people and activists gather on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of Myitsone dam project suspension at the Irrawaddy river, Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar, 10 October 2015. Photo: Seng Mai/EPA
October 31, 2016
Residents in Injanyang call for permanent cancellation of Myitsone project
<p>Seventy-six concerned residents in Injanyang Township, Kachin State, have sent an open petition to President Htin Kyaw, urging him to...
Muslims people gather at Thet Kel Pyin Muslim IDPs (Internally displaced person) camp in Rakhine State near capital Sittwe, western Myanmar, 07 September 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
October 25, 2016
Displaced beginning to return to Maungdaw
Some of the people who fled Maungdaw township after deadly fighting broke out in the volatile northern part of the Rakhine state earlier this month...