(1) Refugees Flee Violence in Rakhine
2012-06-15
Rakhine refugees live in camps and are afraid to return home while Rohingya fleeing by boat are turned back by Bangladesh.
(2) UN: Bangladesh Should Shelter Burma's Rohingya : Source : VOA
15-Jun-12
GENEVA - The United Nations refugee agency
is appealing to Bangladesh
to keep its borders open to Rohingya refugees fleeing ethnic strife in Burma.
The UNHCR says it has credible reports that Bangladeshi security forces are
pushing back refugee boats when they arrive on their territory.
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(3) Court sets date for NLD spokesperson’s hearing : Source : DVB
15-Jun-12
A court in Naypyidaw yesterday set
a date to hear the lawsuit filed by the Union Election Commission against
National League for Democracy’s spokesperson and central campaign committee
member Nyan Win.
(4) Muslim, Arakanese leaders meet with US officials : Source : DVB
15-Jun-12
The US
embassy in Rangoon held talks with Burmese
Muslim and Arakanese community leaders to talk about the riots that erupted
last week in western Burma’s
Arakan state.
(5) Miners iron out agreement over closure row : Source : DVB
15-Jun-12
Employees from Moehti Moemi gold
mine in Mandalay division’s Yamethin district who have been protesting
against their mine’s closure have had their demands met by the Myanmar National
Prosperity Public Company Limited, which secured the government tender for the
mine.
(6) More Houses Torched, but Sittwe ‘Stable’ : Source : Irrawaddy
15-Jun-12
Around 60 houses were destroyed in
a blaze set by unknown assailants in the Arakan State
capital of Sittwe after midnight on Friday, despite government assurances the
day before that the situation there had been brought under control.
(7) Suu Kyi’s Doctor Expresses Concern for Her Health : Source : Irrawaddy
15-Jun-12
The 66-year-old opposition leader
known for her steely grace and longtime struggle for democracy in Burma has a
weak stomach when it comes to travel, said Pyone Moe Ei, one of Suu Kyi’s two
personal physicians. Suu Kyi had similar bouts with weakness and vomiting
during her rigorous nationwide campaign for a seat in Parliament earlier this
year, which doctors attributed to exhaustion and motion sickness.
(8)
31,844 displaced refugees in Burma’s
Rakhine State: minister : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 15 June 2012 10:14 Mizzima
News
Burma’s minister for border affairs, accompanied by the top U.N.
Burma envoy and Islam leaders, visited Maungtaw in Rakhine State
on Thursday, where they met people whose homes were destroyed in the recent
sectarian unrest.
(9)
Burmese political prisoners remain in jail : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 15 June 2012 15:06 Mizzima
News
Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) has asked
the British Foreign Office to pressure the Burmese government to agree to
investigate how many political prisoners remain in Burma’s jails.
(10)
U.S.,
France to aid Burmese universities : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 15 June 2012 12:58 Mizzima
News
Burmese universities in Rangoon, Mandalay and
Pathein will cooperate with universities in the United
States and France
to upgrade their education programs.
(11)
Shan group issues statement on conflict resolution : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 15 June 2012 12:09 Mizzima
News
About 80 people from 16
community-based organizations in Shan
State held a forum
recently to discuss the current political situation in the state, especially
the on-going peace negotiation process.
(12) Exhausted Suu Kyi Falls Ill during Press Conference : Source : Irrawaddy
15-Jun-12
BERN,
Switzerland—A rock star
welcome greeted Aung San Suu Kyi as she embarked on her first trip to Europe in 24 years. But after a whirlwind of standing
ovations, speeches and receptions, it all became too much, and she fell ill on
Thursday during a news conference in Switzerland.
(13)
Disturbing signs of Burma’s
reforms coming undone : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 15 June 2012 11:57 Joshua
Kurlantzick, CFR
(Commentary) – Over the past two weeks, there
have been a number of signs that Myanmar’s
[Burma]
fragile reform process, first put on track about a year and a half ago, is
facing serious obstacles that, at times, have been papered over.
(14) United villagers are 100 times better off than those who go it alone : Source : Karen
15-Jun-12
The Italian-Thai Development Company has made
a second compensation payment to Karen villagers affected by the
Dawei-Kanchanaburi road construction in eastern Tavoy Town.
(15) Government to enforce motorbike registrations : Source : Karen
15-Jun-12
Residents in Burma’s
Tenasserim Division claim government authorities have begun registering
thousands of illegally imported motorbikes from Thailand.
(16) Ceasefire pacts not enough reason for refugees to go home : Source : Panglong
Friday, 15 June 2012 11:48 S.H.A.N.
Now that 12
armed opposition movements have concluded ceasefire agreements, some donor
agencies and governments think humanitarian assistance to the refugees and IDPs
in eastern Burma should be curbed in order to encourage return to their home
areas, but more than starving them is needed to make them leave,
(17) Shan State Army “North” invited for second round of parley : Source : Panglong
Thursday, 14 June 2012 13:32 S.H.A.N.
The Shan State Progress Party /
Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA), better known as SSA North, to differentiate it from
the SSA South, whose official name is Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan
State Army (RCSS/SSA), has received an invitation from Naypyitaw for the second
round of Union-level negotiations, according to source close to Wanhai, the SSA
North’s main base in Kehsi township, Shan State South.
(18) Karen people’s forum demands all mega development projects be stopped : Source : Karen
14-Jun-12
The Karen People’s Forum has demanded the Burma government and the Karen National Union
suspend all mega development projects in Karen State
during the current peace negotiation process.
(19) Safety fears restrict relief work after Myanmar riots : Source : News
15-Jun-12
SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - Armed troops patrolled Myanmar's northwest
city of Sittwe on Friday as a fragile peace held
in the wake of days of sectarian violence that
has stoked nationalist fervor and displaced 30,000 people, with many feared
dead.
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