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The flood victims in Pwint Phyu Township, Magway Region. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima
August 7, 2015
The death toll from flooding across the country has reached at least 69, with nearly 270,000 people affected, the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief...
August 7, 2015
The United Nations World Food Program is preparing to bring in much needed aid to the isolated Chin State, yet transportation is making it difficult...
August 5, 2015
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited one of the country's many flood-afflicted areas Monday raising her profile during a national...
August 3, 2015
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) and the Former Political Prisoners Society (FPPS) are greatly disappointed at the release...
August 3, 2015
Actress Angelina Jolie, a special envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, met with Kachin war refugees in Myitkyina, Kachin State, on...
August 3, 2015
The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Eamonn Murphy has expressed his concern for the victims of recent flooding in Myanmar.
July 31, 2015
The release of at least 11 prisoners of conscience in a mass prisoner amnesty in Myanmar on 30 July is a step in the right direction, but authorities...
July 27, 2015
Concerns have been voiced by human rights groups over the arbitrary arrest of leader of the Myanmar Farmers Union, Daw Su Su Nway.
July 21, 2015
Myanmar’s historical Government Building, known to some as the “Secretariat,” was open to the public to view and pay their respects to fallen Martyrs...
British rights activist for migrant workers, Andy Hall (C) arrives for his trial at the Phra Khanong Provincial Court in Bangkok, Thailand, 29 October 2014. Photo: Narong Sangnak/EPA
July 20, 2015
Thai authorities should drop charges against a prominent migrant worker rights activist, Human Rights Watch said today. The charges violate the free...
July 20, 2015
The Myanmar public got a glimpse into one of the country’s darkest moments on Sunday as visitors were given rare access to the compound in Yangon...
July 20, 2015
A Muslim activist, Zaw Zaw Latt, who has been working for interfaith peace building in Myanmar, has been arrested, reports the Burma Muslim...