(1) Three men given death sentence for murder that sparked riots : Source : DVB
18-Jun-12
The three Muslim men accused of
raping and killing Thida Htwe – the Arakanese girl whose death sparked
sectarian violence across Burma’s Arakan state this month – were sentenced to
death by the District Court in Kyaukphyu in western Burma on Monday, according
to lawyers.
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(2) Villagers protest army’s arrests : Source : DVB
18-Jun-12
About a dozen Arakanese villagers
in Arakan state’s Kyauktaw township were detained by security forces on
Saturday, which prompted a protest from locals demanding their release.
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(3) After the Violence, a Show of Solidarity : Source : Irrawaddy
18-Jun-12
RANGOON — It was an unusual sight
on a Sunday afternoon: a group of young people holding a vinyl sign and singing
to passersby at Bogyoke market in downtown Rangoon, a place that is usually
bustling with foreign tourists looking for deals on jewelry and souvenirs.
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(4)
Stars turn out for Dublin’s
Suu Kyi concert : Source : Mizzima
Monday, 18 June 2012 13:56 Mizzima News
When Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in Dublin
on Monday to attend the “Electric Burma” concert and to receive the Amnesty
International Ambassador of Conscience Award from U2 singer Bono, she will be
half way through her European tour, with Oxford,
London and Paris
to follow.
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(5) Freed Arakan, Karen Guerrillas En Route to Netherlands : Source : Irrawaddy
18-Jun-12
Thirty-one Arakan and Karen
guerrillas who spent 13 years in an Indian prison are on their way to the Netherlands
on a resettlement program organized by the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR).
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(6)
Asean human rights, civil groups must work together : Source : Mizzima
Monday, 18 June 2012 18:04 Kavi
Chongkittavorn
(Commentary) – Like the making of the
Asean Charter prior to its enactment at the end of 2008, the drafting process
for the proposed Asean Declaration on Human Rights (ADHR) was an arduous one.
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(7) Famed Journalist ‘Ludu’ Sein Win Dies : Source : Irrawaddy
18-Jun-12
“Ludu” Sein Win, an outspoken Burmese
journalist, passed away at Shwegondaing
Hospital in Rangoon on Sunday after a long fight with
lung disease. He was 71.
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(8)
Calls for ‘impartial and credible investigation’ in Rakhine State
: Source : Mizzima
Monday, 18 June 2012 14:41 Mizzima
News
The United Nations Refugee Agency
(UNHCR) said over the weekend that it hoped Bangladesh
officials would change their mind and open its borders to the refugee crisis in
western Rakhine State
in Burma.
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(9)
Rakhine refugees need access to healthcare: MSF : Source : Mizzima
Monday, 18 June 2012 15:14 Mizzima
News
With unrest in Burma’s Rakhine State,
many Muslims and Buddhist are now unable to receive adequate health care,
says Médecins Sans Frontières, which has been forced to suspend its operations
in the area.
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(10)
More funding needed for Burmese refugees: BCUK : Source : Mizzima
Monday, 18 June 2012 15:02 Mizzima
News
Burma Campaign UK has called on Britain to double funding for the
Thailand-Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), which provides food and shelter for
Burmese refugees, following Aung San Suu Kyi’s plea for aid to refugees in her
Nobel speech on Saturday.
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(11) KNPP meet CBOs to form ‘peace-talks’ monitoring team : Source : Karen
18-Jun-12
The Karenni National Progressive
Party met and discussed with Community-Based-Organizations (CBO) from Loikaw Town
in mid June to set up a ‘peace-talk’ monitoring group to keep tabs on the
on-going talks between the government and the KNPP. in the Kayah State.
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(12)
Burma
asked to help in Philippines-China sea dispute : Source : Mizzima
Monday, 18 June 2012 14:09 Mizzima
News
The Philippine foreign secretary brought up the two-month long standoff
in the South China Sea between his country and China
in talks with visiting Burmese Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin in Manila.
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(13)
More rioters arrested in Rakhine
State : Source : Mizzima
Monday, 18 June 2012 14:30 Mizzima
News
Unrest continued in Maungtaw in Rakhine State
in Burma’s
western region with 22 rioters arrested over the weekend, state-run media
reported on Sunday. Authorities say 50 people have died in the rioting that
began on May 28.
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(14) 300 foreign companies to attend Burma investment summit : Source : Mizzima
Monday, 18 June 2012 13:40 Aung Wi
Burma will launch an
investment conference expected to draw up to 300 foreign companies to Rangoon on Wednesday and
Thursday, according to organizers.
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(15) Burma army and KIA battle in five
places in Shan state : Source : Kachin
18-Jun-12
Fighting between the
Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burma's armed forces broke out today in at
least five different places in northern Shan state after two Burmese army
columns were sent to the area as reinforcements, local residents told the
Kachin News Group (KNG).
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(16) Police arrest refugees in Mogaung township in Kachin state : Source : Kachin
18-Jun-12
Earlier this month police arrested four Internally Displaced Persons
(IDPs) and two local residents at Sarhmaw village in Kachin state's Mogaung Township, apparently under the suspicion
they were on their way to a nearby refugee camp.
(17) 'Star-struck' Bono walks on with Suu Kyi : Source : Stuff
19-Jun-12
Aung San Suu Kyi and Bono joined
forces as the Myanmar
democracy activist's European tour moved from the home of the Nobel Peace Prize
to the land of U2.
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(18) Myanmar vows 'justice' for victims
of unrest : Source : Thefinancialexpress
19-Jun-12
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