(1) NLD spokesperson’s trial begins in Naypyidaw : Source : DVB
27-Jun-12
The National League for Democracy’s
spokesperson and campaign committee manager Nyan Win stood in trial yesterday
over alleged false claims he issued concerning voter fraud in April’s
by-elections.
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(2) ‘No Assistance’ for Kachin Refugees : Source : RFA
2012-06-26
A new report condemns China’s inadequate response to ethnic refugees fleeing fighting in Burma.The Chinese government has flouted international law by failing to provide adequate food, water, and protection to thousands of refugees fleeing conflict-ridden areas in northern Burma, a human rights group said
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(3) Political solution necessary to fight drugs: report : Source : DVB
27-Jun-12
Shan Drug Watch published its 2012
annual report yesterday urging a political solution with armed ethnic groups in
Burma.
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(4) Trafficked migrants arrested in Mae Sot : Source : DVB
27-Jun-12
Police arrested 30 Burmese migrants
who illegally crossed into Mae Sot yesterday, while they were in the process of
being trafficked to Bangkok and central Thailand.
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(5) Suu Kyi kicks off three day French tour : Source : DVB
27-Jun-12
President Francois Hollande told Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi Tuesday that France would do everything possible to back the
country’s democratic transition, as she visited Paris for the last leg of a landmark European
tour.
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(6) Peace committee holds talks with exile groups in Bangkok : Source : DVB
26-Jun-12
The government’s Peace Making Work
Committee led by Railway Minister Aung Min met with Burmese opposition groups
based in Thailand yesterday
in Bangkok.
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(7) China guilty of systemic abuse of Kachin refugees: HRW : Source : DVB
26-Jun-12
The Chinese government is guilty of
systematic human rights violations against Kachin refugees fleeing violence in Burma,
including the denial of vital humanitarian assistance and forced repatriation,
a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned.
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(8) Thein Sein to discuss Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh : Source : DVB
26-Jun-12
The leaders of Burma and Bangladesh
will discuss the issue of Rohingya refugees and related unrest near their
shared border next month, Bangladesh’s
ambassador in Rangoon
said Monday.
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(9) US Envoy Urges Continued Engagement with Burma : Source : VOA
27-Jun-12
CAPITOL HILL - U.S. engagement with Burma
has been fruitful and should continue, said Derek Mitchell, President Barack
Obama’s nominee to be the first U.S.
ambassador to Burma
since the early 1990s. Mitchell testified Wednesday before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, which is considering his nomination.
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(10) Nearly 2,000 Displaced by Flooding in Myitkyina : Source : Irrwaddy
27-Jun-12
Up to 2,000 people have been forced
to flee severe flooding in parts of Myitkyina after several days of heavy rain
in northern Burma caused
water levels on the Irrawaddy River to rise dramatically.
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(11)
Suu Kyi calls for more democracy and development : Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 27 June 2012 11:44
Mizzima News
French President Francois Hollande
told Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi upon here arrival on Tuesday
that France supported “all actors” in Burma’s rapid democratic reforms, and Suu
Kyi repeated her European tour themes that development cannot be substituted
for democracy.
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(12) Kachin Peace Remains Elusive : Source : Irrawaddy
27-Jun-12
Despite some positive results from
peace talks between the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and the Burmese
government, the situation on the ground does not appear to be easing, with
conflict ongoing and skirmishes reported in several locations on a near-daily
basis.
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(13)
Indonesia cement company
plans Burma
plant : Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 27 June 2012 16:45
Mizzima News
An Indonesian company will build a
US$ 159 million cement plant in Burma
with up to 1 million tonnes capacity a year, officials announced on Tuesday.
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(14) No Removal of Sanctions, Only Suspension: US : Source : Irrawaddy
27-Jun-12
Asserting that its policy toward Burma is a “step-by-step” process, the US on Tuesday
ruled out complete removal of economic sanctions against this Southeast Asian
country, noting that based on the progress made by the new government, it finds
it appropriate to only suspend these sanctions.
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(15) Expats Cite Optimism in ‘New Burma’ : Source : Irrawaddy
27-Jun-12
Last August, President Thein Sein
put out a call appealing to the thousands of Burmese nationals living in exile
to come home. He asked that they use the skills and education developed abroad
to support the country’s political and economic re-awakening—so ending the
‘brain drain” that has plagued Burma
for decades.
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(16) Burma Minister checks into Dr Cynthia’s Mae Tao Clinic : Source : Karen
27-Jun-12
The Burma
government’s peace-talk delegation led by Railway Minister U Aung Min, today
made an early morning visit to Dr Cynthia Maung’s Mae Tao Clinic in the border
town of Mae Sot, Thailand.
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(17)
Opium, heroin and “ice” flowing out of Burma : Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 27 June 2012 12:44
Mizzima News
The fight against narcotics faces
increasing challenges amid a bumper poppy harvest in Burma this year, Chinese officials
said on Tuesday, which marked International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking.
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(18)
78 dead in sectarian violence: gov’t figures :
Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 27 June 2012 12:30
Mizzima News
A total of 78 people were killed
in the bloody sectarian violence in Burma's
Rakhine State from May 28 to June 24, according
to government figures released on Tuesday. The widespread killings grew out of revenge killings in the murder
and rape of a Buddhist woman by three Muslim men on May 28.
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(19) Yawdserk “hopes” Naypyitaw will stop using drugs as political game : Source : Panglong
Wednesday, 27 June 2012 15:02 S.H.A.N.
Lt-Gen Yawdserk, interviewed on the
eve of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Trafficking, 26 June, said
as long as Naypyitaw is handle, the drug problem as a political game, the
problem will not be resolved.
(20) Human Rights Watch says Kachin refugees in China face dire
situation : Source : Kachin
27-Jun-12
The US NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW)
released a report on Tuesday criticizing China for forcibly sending hundreds
of Kachin refugees back to Kachin and northern Shan state where fighting is
taking place.
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(21) Senators press US on Myanmar petroleum investment :
Source : Google
28-Jun-12
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican and a
Democratic senators and American businesses are pressing the U.S. government to allow investment by oil and
gas companies in Myanmar
as the U.S moves to suspend economic sanctions against that country.
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(22) Myanmar's Suu Kyi honoured in Paris
near end of Europe tour : Source : Channelnews
27-Jun-12
PARIS: Myanmar's democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi,
nearing the end of her triumphant Europe tour in France,
accepted another award on Wednesday as she became an honorary citizen of Paris.
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(23) US senators press for Myanmar oil investment : Source : News
28-Jun-12
US senators said they planned to move quickly to
confirm the first US
ambassador to Myanmar
in two decades, as they pushed to allow investment in the country's oil and gas
sector.
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(24) Burmese government continue to arrest IDPs fleeing from
conflict areas : Source : Kachin
25-Jun-12
A warden from the Jan Mai Kawng Baptist
Church camp has been
arrested by Myitkyina-based Military Affairs Security Unit who is investigating
a bomb attack.There are about 700 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the
camp.
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