Jul 20, 2013 | News / Article
by Kachin News Group Bawk Ja (also spelt Bauk Gyar and Bauk Ja), a well-known Kachin land rights activist was arrested Thursday night, in southern Kachin state according to a family friend. Representatives from the Kachin Legal Aid group confirmed Bawk Ja’s...
Jul 20, 2013 | News / Article
Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – Myanmar President Thein Sein is not preparing himself at the moment to contest the 2015 presidential election and has “no objections” to Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi running, he said in an interview aired on Friday....
Jul 19, 2013 | News / Article
By Zin Linn Reporters Without Borders has written an open letter dated 16 July 2013 to Burmese President Thein Sein, who began a two day visit to France on Wednesday, calling for an investigation into the former military government’s crimes against the media since...
Jul 19, 2013 | News / Article
By Dana MacLean HIGHLIGHTS * “969” movement promotes hate speech * Monks rationalize dehumanization of Muslims * Rakhine Buddhists marginalized in past * Danger of regional spread of Muslim-Buddhist violence BANGKOK, 16 July 2013 (IRIN) –...
Jul 19, 2013 | News / Article
By Charles M. SennottEditor-at-Large, The GroundTruth Project YANGON, Myanmar — A group of 20 top, young journalists — 11 from Myanmar and 9 from the United States — set out on a series of journeys last month through a country undergoing dramatic...
Jul 19, 2013 | News / Article
By Patrick McCormick, NM-TLC Reviewer Michael Aung-Thwin and Maitrii Aung-Thwin, A History of Myanmar Since Ancient Times: Traditions and Transformations London: Reaktion Books, 2012. Pp. 328; timeline, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Reviewed by Patrick...
