Aug 1, 2013 | News / Article
Kate Hodal Footage emerges of police failing to prevent violence in Burma as EU prepares to lift all sanctions permanently Video footage has emerged showing Burmese police standing by as Buddhist mobs wielding sticks and swords attack Muslims in Meikhtila – where last...
Aug 1, 2013 | News / Article
LONDON, July 31 (UPI) — A British delegate said Wednesday before leaving for Myanmar he was “very concerned” about the status of reforms under way in the country. Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow leads a delegation of British lawmakers...
Aug 1, 2013 | News / Article
Associated Press MANDALAY, Myanmar // It’s been two years since Myanmar’s new government promised its people a more open way of life, but still they come, plainclothes state intelligence officers asking where former student activist Mya Aye is and when...
Jul 31, 2013 | News / Article
Andrew Friedman The rapid political reform of Myanmar’s leadership has earned the country a reputation as a “development darling,” a country quickly changing from an international pariah to a beacon of opportunity. But, as we have seen with historical “darlings,” the...
Jul 31, 2013 | News / Article
from Radio Free Asia A court in central Myanmar has sentenced an activist to a decade in prison for “threatening national security” after he led a protest against a controversial China-backed copper mine which led to clashes with authorities, according to a fellow...
Jul 31, 2013 | News / Article
Shan Herald Agency for News The Peace and Democratic Front (PDF) alliance, formed by the ex-Communist Party of Burma (CPB) forces in the wake of its overthrow in 1989, will be joining today’s conference held in Chiangmai by the Ulnited Nationalities Federal Council...
