(1) Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi begins landmark Europe visit : Source : BBC
13-Jun-12
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung
San Suu Kyi has arrived in Geneva, where she
will address the United Nations at the start of a visit to Europe.
(2) Religious leaders call for peace, UN convoy visits Arakan : Source : DVB
13-Jun-12
Influential Buddhist and Muslim
leaders in Burma have called
for an end to the on-going violence in western Burma’s Arakan state.
(3) Protesting miners in negotiations after being held in pagoda : Source : DVB
13-Jun-12
After a government order closed
down a gold mine in Mandalay divison, disgruntled employees are holding talks
with representatives from the company that secured the mine’s tender at a
pagoda in Yamethin district, where they’ve been confined since Monday.
(4) International Donors Pledge Massive Funding for Burma : Source : Irrawaddy
13-Jun-12
Burma is set to see a dramatic rise
in the amount of international aid it receives, after a group representing
several Western governments and multilateral agencies pledged on Tuesday to
provide hundreds of millions of dollars for projects in the country.
(5) Arakan Strife Poses Suu Kyi Political Problem : Source : Irrawaddy
13-Jun-12
Aung San Suu Kyi must have wished
for a less tumultuous atmosphere during her first return to Europe
for 24 years. The opposition leader is due to celebrate her 67th birthday with
her two sons in England
as well as belatedly accept the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, but she leaves a
homeland gripped by sectarian strife.
(6) Arakan Residents Demand More Security : Source : Irrawaddy
13-Jun-12
The Arakan State
capital Sittwe remains gripped by sectarian conflict despite a state of
emergency being declared as insufficient security forces have been deployed to
contain potential violence, according to local sources.
(7) Shan civil society out to stem investment tide : Source : Panglong
Wednesday, 13 June 2012 12:44 S.H.A.N.
The 16 Shan CBOs that came out in
force yesterday at the press conference held in Chiangmai certainly have heard
of King Canute trying to stem the tide rising up to the shore, but that did
little to prevent them from calling out to the foreign investors rushing into
Burma to “immediately stop” their operations.
(8) Kachin youth mark one year of
Conflict with Prayer service : Source : Kachin
14-Jun-12
In
Myitkyina the Kachin State capital a large prayer service was held to mark
the one year anniversary of fighting between the Kachin Independence Organization
(KIO) and Burma's
armed forces on Saturday, June 9.
(9) Myanmar Rohingya refugees call for Suu Kyi's help : Source : News
14-Jun-12
Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar living in refugee camps in Bangladesh called on Wednesday for democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi to speak up for them and help end
their persecution.
(10) Human
Rights Watch urges Bangladesh
to accept Myanmar
refugees : Source : Gulfnews
14-Jun-12
Dhaka A global human rights group
on Wednesday urged Bangladesh
to keep its border open to people seeking refuge from sectarian violence in
western Myanmar.
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