Aug 15, 2013 | News / Article
By NYEIN NYEIN More than a dozen lawmakers discussed rule of law in a session of the Lower House on Wednesday, after a parliamentary committee looking into the issue found continued intervention by administrative officials in the judicial system. In an annual report...
Aug 15, 2013 | News / Article
BNI The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS), commonly known as the SSA South, recently issued a directive to its field units to make direct contact with their immediate Burmese army units as part of an effort to avoid further clashes, according to...
Aug 15, 2013 | News / Article
By KYAW PHYO THA RANGOON — The United Nations’ special rapporteur for human rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, met on Tuesday with the parents of a girl gunned down by the Burmese military in a killing that brought the brutality of the 1988 pro-democracy crackdown...
Aug 15, 2013 | News / Article
Author: Thomson Reuters Foundation Correspondent CORRECTION – In paragraph 10, please read ‘Thailand-based Shwe Gas Movement, an activist group’, correcting from the group’s former description of itself as ‘Shwe Gas Movement, a group of...
Aug 13, 2013 | News / Article
By THE IRRAWADDY Maung Wuntha, a veteran Burmese journalist who also served as deputy chairman of the country’s interim Press Council, succumbed to cancer on Sunday. He was 68 years old. His son Naung Naung Soe confirmed Maung Wuntha’s death to The Irrawaddy, saying...
Aug 13, 2013 | News / Article
Author: Saw Blacktown Shan community based organizations claim that Burmese authorities are preparing to repatriate Shan refugees from Thailand, warning that the safety of refugees are at risk and repatriation is “premature.” The community groups, include the Shan...
