Aug 9, 2013 | News / Article
By AFP YANGON aUGUST 8- Myanmar activists Thursday held their first march through Yangon to mark the anniversary of a bloody crackdown on democracy rallies 25 years ago, in commemorations aimed at propelling reforms after the end of junta rule. Hundreds of people...
Aug 9, 2013 | News / Article
Sullivan reported from New Delhi YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Twenty-five years later, you can still see the fear in the eyes of the doctors — two young men carrying a schoolgirl, her blouse drenched in blood, through streets where soldiers were brutally crushing...
Aug 9, 2013 | News / Article
By Ona Coughlan Target: Myanmar Government Goal: Protect Myanmar’s forests from over-logging and exploitation Over the past few years, the nation of Myanmar has made great strides in an effort to become more democratic. The government has released political...
Aug 9, 2013 | News / Article
South Asia Revealed The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, will undertake an official visit to the country from 11 to 21 August 2013. It will include visits to Rakhine State, Kachin State, Shan State, Chin...
Aug 9, 2013 | News / Article
RFA Global rights advocate Human Rights Watch called Tuesday for an investigation into Myanmar’s bloody crackdown on a 1988 popular uprising as groups began marking the 25th anniversary of the pro-democracy movement. The country’s former ruling military junta has not...
Aug 9, 2013 | News / Article
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Wednesday extended a ban on imports of rubies and jade from Myanmar, reflecting worries about the powerful military’s continuing involvement in the murky industry based in...
