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August 14, 2019
The Youth Committee from Arakan National Party (ANP) requested the government to stop arresting Arakanese youths on suspicion of ties with the AA and...
August 14, 2019
Not less than five persons including a teacher and a village administrator, who appeared yesterday before the Buthidaung township court, have been...
August 14, 2019
Over 3000 villagers from 30 villages under Min Bya township, 50 miles away from Arakanese capital city of Sittwe, are presently facing acute shortage...
August 13, 2019
‘We protected our people,’ remembers one protester from Mongpan. Thirty-one years after people throughout Burma took to the streets to demand an end...
August 13, 2019
Human rights activists point out that the displacement is occurring despite the military’s unilateral ceasefire in northern Shan State. Nearly 500...
August 13, 2019
A committee fighting for indigenous rights is calling on the government to take responsibility for the damage caused by the jade mining industry. A...
August 13, 2019
The clashes are occurring during a period in which negotiations should have been held, the groups say. Three members of the Northern Alliance of...
Photo by – SHAN/ IDPs in Tangyan
August 13, 2019
Most of the IDPs in the northern Shan State township are women, children and the elderly. Clashes between the Burma Army and the Shan State Progress...
Former MP Hla Swe insults Prophet Muhammad as terrorist bomber – Myanmar Muslim Media
August 13, 2019
On 3 August, in front of the Yangon City Hall, former lieutenant colonel Hla Swe sporting camouflage fatigues, complete with matching military beret...
August 13, 2019
On February 2, Arakan Army (AA) forces entered the village of King-talin in southern Chin State and forced its inhabitants to go with them to an AA...
August 13, 2019
The government of Chin State has decided to postpone its plans to start demolishing unregistered homes in an area slated for development in the state...
Photo: Demo Thway/Mizzima
August 13, 2019
Local people said that they had concerns over building a dam on Tanintharyi River in Tanintharyi Township, Myeik district, at a workshop titled, ‘Our...