Aug 7, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
KPN Maungdaw, Arakan State: Police personnel station on guard of bridge are looting market going Rohingya since July 20, said a village admin officer from Maungdaw. “The police personnel are stationed the bridge which situate between Myoma Kyayoungdan – Myo Thugyi...
Aug 7, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
KPN Maungdaw, Arakan state: Army and police jointly increased harassments against the Rohingya villagers in Maungdaw Township in place of former Nasaka (Burma border security force), said a Local elder preferring not to be named for security reason. “A group of army...
Aug 7, 2013 | News / Article
By Justin Whitaker This Thursday marks the 25th anniversary of the 8/8/88 uprising in Burma, which will hopefully spur some much needed discussion about the situation in the country (officially renamed Myanmar by the military junta in 1989, but still called Burma by...
Aug 7, 2013 | News / Article
BNI Thai border security has been wondering whether the Burmese government led by U Thein Sein and the armed forces led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing are at cross purposes when it comes to the ongoing peace process, according to senior security sources. The...
Aug 7, 2013 | News / Article
HRW On 25th Anniversary of Crackdown, Accountability, Rule of Law Remain Elusive The mass killings 25 years ago in Burma are an unaddressed open wound that challenges the government’s rhetoric of reform. The government should shed itself of 50 years of denial about...