Suu Kyi calls for speedy change to Myanmar constitution
By Robert Muller
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Myanmar needs to change its constitution as fast as possible to put the country firmly on the path to democracy, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of the country’s democratic opposition Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday.
Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory in last year’s parliamentary by-elections, giving her a seat in parliament.
But the 68-year old faces a tough challenge to have the constitution changed to push on with reforms and to allow her to run for presidency in 2015.
“We need to amend the present constitution that we may truly become a democratic country. This constitution is anti-democratic,” Suu Kyi told reporters after attending a conference in Prague.170 Burmese Workers Return Home Following Malaysia Crackdown
By SAN YAMING AUNG / THE IRRAWADDY
RANGOON—A group of 170 Burmese migrant workers returned from Malaysia on Friday with the help of a Buddhist monk, who funded their flight home.
Naypyidaw is cooperating with the Kuala Lumpur government during an ongoing crackdown on unregistered migrants in Malaysia, which has resulted in the arrest and detention of several thousand foreign workers in recent weeks.
The repatriation of Burmese workers was funded by well-known monk Sitagu Sayardaw. He received a donation of US$120,000 recently and spent a third of these funds on the repatriation of the 170 workers on Friday, a representative of Sitagu Sayardaw said, adding that the remaining $80,000 would be used to repatriate more workers.Fort Wayne Burmese mosque first built in three decades
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — The first Burmese Muslim mosque built worldwide in more than three decades is going up in Fort Wayne.
The Mosque and Learning Center being erected on the city’s south side is owned by the Burmese Muslim Education and Community Center.
The Journal Gazette reports construction of the mosque will be a yearslong process because it is being funded with donations from the Muslim community.
The first phase of the mosque will have seating for 175 people and include prayer areas and small education rooms. Officials hope that phase is finished by the end of 2014.Can Burma’s President complete his peace plan?
By Zin Linn
A peacemaking meeting was held between the United Nationalities Federation Council (UNFC) and a government peacemaking team led by President’s Office Minister U Aung Min on 8 September in Chiang Mai, Thailand. U Aung Min’s true intention was selling the Burmese government plan to ethnic armed groups to join in October’s nationwide ceasefire signing ceremony, according to sources close to the ethnic federation.
However, the UNFC was reluctant to agree since its members had already signed a state-level ceasefire accords which the Burmese government army didn’t always abide by.School in Thailand provides haven for Burmese migrant children
MAHACHAI, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It was 6:30 in the morning. School wouldn’t be starting for another two-and-a-half hours. Yet there I was, on the back of a pick-up truck as it bounced along bumpy roads.
Despite the early hour, the two dozens kids we were picking up were fresh-faced and very chirpy. Dressed in white tops and an eclectic mix of bottoms – an attempt to copy the white- and green-uniformed students in Myanmar – they ran up to the truck with big smiles on their faces.
Some tried to nap on their friends’ shoulders but most chatted and played during the hour-long trip as the truck weaved in and out of neighbourhoods of Burmese migrant workers.German Press Corps Offers Lessons for Fledgling Burmese Counterparts
By NYEIN NYEIN / THE IRRAWADDY
BERLIN, Germany — A pre-autumn chill in the air of Germany’s capital brought a shiver to some of the tropically acclimated Burmese journalists on a trip to study political reporting here, in a country thousands of miles from Southeast Asia that, like Burma, has its own history of authoritarian repression.
A group of 10 Burmese journalists from private print, broadcast and online media ventured northwest last week to observe press practices in Germany, which has transitioned from rule under one of history’s most notorious dictators to a beacon of democratic stability in Europe.Press Releases
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- Editorial: Rohingyas are in a geopolitical crossroad: Global Powers and Competing Interests
- Rohingya Resilience in Exile: Rebuilding Lives in Refugee Camps
- Containing Arakan Army: A Security Imperative for Myanmar and Bangladesh
- Ending Digital Violence against Women and Girls
- Myanmar’s Election: Conflict, Exclusion, and a Crisis of Legitimacy
- Rohingya Families in Maungdaw Prepare to Flee Amid Forced Conscription Fears
- Arakan Army Orders Rohingya to Surrender Household Registration Lists
- Fire Tears Through Rohingya Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Injuring Three Children and Destroying Dozens of Shelters
- Rohingya Men and Women Forced to Join Armed Group in Maungdaw
- ARNO Welcomes UN Third Committee Resolution on Rohingya Rights, Demands Accountability for Armed-Group Abuses
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