Burma Approves News Dailies Amid Outcry

Mar 29, 2013 | News / Article

Mark SnowissWhen 16 Burmese newspapers are granted operating licenses on April 1, they will become the first independent dailies allowed to publish in nearly 50 years. While journalists have described the move as a major step toward media freedom in Burma, they have...

Burma: Ethnic Cleansing Rears Its Head

Mar 28, 2013 | News / Article

Tim Marshall – Foreign Affairs Editor (Sky News HD)Amid the cries for freedom, justice, democracy, few activists lauded by visiting journalists bother with minority rights.This week’s outbreak of sectarian racist violence in Burma is a reminder that the...

Mosques, Homes Destroyed in Latest Burma Violence

Mar 26, 2013 | News / Article

Sectarian violence spread further into the heartland of Burma on Tuesday, with officials reporting at least two mosques and dozens of homes destroyed in riots. Police and witnesses say there were no casualties reported in the overnight violence in two communities in...

The Dark Side of Burmese Freedom

Mar 26, 2013 | News / Article

Buddhist monks and politicians have used an unshackled media to stoke anti-Muslim violence.By MURRAY HIEBERTAND GREGORY POLING Just two years into Burma’s reform program, the country’s transition to democracy is threatened from an unexpected direction. An...

U.S. Warns on Myanmar Travel as Deaths Rise

Mar 26, 2013 | News / Article

By SHIBANI MAHTANI The U.S. Embassy has warned against travel to parts of Myanmar after clashes between majority Buddhists and minority Muslims that authorities said killed at least 40 people last week in the central town of Meikhtila. The warning comes amid new...