Breaking Through the Silence

Thursday 9 July, 7.30pm Venue: St Margaret's Church, Westminster Tickets: £20.00 £15.00 Restricted View English PEN's Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) and the John Armitage Memorial Trust (JAM) are holding a joint fundraiser in honour...

Buthidaung Water Festival Program stalled suddenly

Buthidaung, Arakan State: The Buthidaung Water Festival Program of the Burmese New Year was suddenly shut down due to the behaviour of some army personnel on April 16, according to local sources.   The Water Festival Program is controlled by a local committee and...

Rohingya people in panic in northern Arakan

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Rohingya people in northern Arakan have been passing days and nights in panic because of SPDC authorities have been seizing lethal weapons from Rohingya villages while the Rakhine and Natala villagers have been equipped with lethal weapons and...

Artillery battalion shifted to northern Arakan from Burma proper

News – Narinjara News Wednesday, 28 January 2009 16:55 Buthidaung: A Burmese artillery battalion was recently shifted to northern Arakan from Burma proper as  reinforcements on the western Burmese border, said a military source. Artillery Battalion 378 was...