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Photo: Thura/Mizzima
July 11, 2016
Myanmar nationalists staged a protest on 10 July with the objective of pressuring the government to use the term "Bengalis" to refer to the Muslim...
Flooding in Rakhine. Photo: Narinjara
July 8, 2016
Child rights organisation Plan International Myanmar is preparing to respond to flooding that has displaced more than 12,200 people in 41 villages...
Abbot Wirathu talks during a press conference in Yangon on 7 July 2016. Photo: Myo Thu Aung/Mizzima
July 8, 2016
Ma Ba Tha demanded all responsible persons including the State Counsellor to settle the issue of what the Yangon Region government Chief Minister...
Myanmar refugees at Mae La refugee camp near the Thai-Burma border in Tak province, north-western of Thailand. Photo: EPA
July 8, 2016
The Ministry of Border Affairs and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) jointly hosted a consultation workshop on a strategic...
Myanmar State counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and committee at a meeting for the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference in Nay Pyi Taw on 5 July 2016. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
July 6, 2016
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi pushed to invite all stakeholders to the Union Peace Conference at the 21st Century Panglong Preparatory Committee...
The UN is concerned about the continued displacement of people by fighting, among other concerns. UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee, right, seen here on a recent visit to Zion Baptist IDP camp at Myitkyina Kachin State. Photo: UNIC Yangon
July 5, 2016
Myanmar is under the spotlight of the UN in part due to the recent 12-day visit of UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee to the country.
Problems with overflow at the dam. Photo: Ko B. Soe
July 4, 2016
The dam that is being built in Tonzang Township, Chin State overflowed on the weekend, so people in some villages nearby were evacuated on Sunday...
Myanmar’s record on women rights will be reviewed on July 7 in Geneva by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Photo: Mizzima
July 4, 2016
Myanmar’s record on women rights will be reviewed on July 7 in Geneva by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, which...
Yanghee Lee (C), the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, visits Aung Mingalar Muslim quarter in Sittwe of Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 23 June 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
July 4, 2016
Ms Yanghee Lee, the UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, made a statement at the end of her 12-day visit to Myanmar on Friday.
July 1, 2016
The YOPETV programme, which means “YOungPEople”, will give voice to young people and reflect their real-life situations. It will also provide...
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and Peace Process Steering Team pose for documentary photo. Photo: MNA
July 1, 2016
Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing during a meeting with the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) said that the Tatmadaw (Myanmar military) will not...
June 30, 2016
The Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development (MIID) in cooperation with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of Cornell University, in...