Oct 14, 2013 | News / Article
By Sumit Ganguly “Rapid democratisation in plural societies from years of colonial rule may provide opportunities for unscrupulous ethnic entrepreneurs to stoke crude nationalist sentiments” Early this month the International Crisis Group (ICG), a highly...
Oct 14, 2013 | News / Article
By LAWI WENG / THE IRRAWADDY RANGOON — Muslims hiding out in Rangoon say they are among more than 100 followers of Islam who fled religious violence in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township last week to seek refuge in Burma’s biggest city. An argument between an Arakanese...
Oct 14, 2013 | News / Article
South Asia Revealed The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a global chemical weapons watchdog on Friday has prompted a call for Myanmar to ratify a key international treaty banning the arms. New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Myanmar must ratify the Chemical...
Oct 14, 2013 | News / Article
by Anthony Kuhn, NPR Despite progress in its transition to democracy, Myanmar has struggled to end all the ethnic insurgencies that have long divided the country. Now the Kachin — the last of the insurgent groups that have been fighting the government — have signed a...
Oct 14, 2013 | News / Article
YANGON, Myanmar, Oct. 11 (UPI) — Members of the minority Muslim community in Myanmar said they were able to find safety from violence in Rakhine state by hiding out in Yangon. Hundreds of Muslims from Rakhine fled to Yangon, the country’s former capital,...
Oct 13, 2013 | News / Article
McClatchy Tribune in Yangon Fighting in disputed region continues despite agreement to ease tensions, with both sides accused of continuing to enlist child soldiers Analysts and members of the Kachin community have expressed scepticism about a seven-point agreement...
