(1) Farmers call on Thein Sein to settle 30,000 acre dispute : Source : DVB
19-Jul-12
Farmers in Magwe division’s Pauk
township, who had 30,000 acres of farmland confiscated by the army, are
reaching out to the president for a second time and asking Thein Sein to help
settle the dispute.
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(2) Landmark Celebration for Martyrs’ Day : Source : RFA
2012-07-19
Burma holds its first state-level
commemoration for opposition leader Aung San Su Kyi’s father and eight other
independence leaders.
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(3) Suu Kyi to be awarded US congressional medal : Source : DVB
19-Jul-12
The United
States will present its highest award to Burma’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi in
September when she makes her first US trip in more than two decades,
congressional aides said Tuesday.
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(4) Exiles in Japan back president’s Rohingya plan : Source : DVB
19-Jul-12
Exiled Burmese democracy activists
in Japan
demonstrated on Wednesday in a rare show of support of President Thein Sein
concerning his plan to expel the Rohingya minority group to third countries.
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(5) Aung San’s Legacy Lives On : Source : Irrawaddy
19-Jul-12
For the first time in a generation,
Burma today officially commemorated Martyrs’ Day—the occasion marked all the
more important by state TV coverage of a poignant ceremony at the Martyrs’
Mausoleum in Rangoon where Aung San Suu Kyi laid flowers at her father’s tomb.
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(6) UN Builds 2,500 Shelters for Kachin Refugees : Source : Irrawaddy
19-Jul-12
Amid war the escalating conflict in
northern Burma’s Kachin State,
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it is building
2,500 shelters for civilians displaced by fighting between government troops
and ethnic rebels.
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(7) ‘Federalism’ No Longer a Dirty Word : Source : Irrawaddy
19-Jul-12
The Burmese government has conceded
that a federal union is the only way to guarantee peace and stability in the conflict-ridden
nation, claim ethnic MPs.
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(8) EU Sanctions End When Reform ‘Irreversible’ : Source : Irrawaddy
19-Jul-12
Czech Foreign Minister Karel
Schwarzenberg says that European Union economic sanctions against Burma will
likely be ended permanently in the next few years when democratic reform is
deemed “irreversible.”
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(9)
EITI standards supported by Burmese government: official : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 19 July 2012 16:19 Mizzima
News
The Extractive Industries
Transparency Initiative said on its website on Thursday that Burma affirmed
its intention to implement the EITI standards during a meeting in Naypyitaw on
Monday.
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(10)
Director of new ADB office in Burma
talks shop : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 19 July 2012 14:36 Mizzima
News
The Asian Development Bank (ADB)
will open an office in Burma
starting July 30.
Putu Kamayana,
currently the ADB country director in Cambodia, will direct the office
whose mission is to re-establish relations with the country.
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(11)
Foreign companies wait on Burma’s
new investment law : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 19 July 2012 14:48 Mizzima
News
Two top Burmese government officials
attending a business conference in Singapore said foreign companies are ready
to “flood” into Burma upon the completion of the government’s new foreign
investment law, which is expected sometime in the next two months.
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(12)
Burmese lawyer’s license returned after 20-year disbarment : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 19 July 2012 12:30 Mizzima
News
A Burmese human rights lawyer whose
right to practice was removed by the former military government for political
reasons can now practice law again in his country.
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(13)
We are not gods but wounded creatures: A Martyrs Day mantra : Source : Mizzzima
Thursday, 19 July 2012 12:16 May Ng
(Commentary) – On a dark and rainy morning on July 19, 1947, hit men sent by Galon U Saw shot past the People’s Volunteer Organizations guards and sprayed bullets into the Governor’s Executive Council, as Aung San, the architect of Burma’s imminent freedom, rose to his feet; instantly killing almost the entire
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(14) Funding shortage cuts Mae Tao Clinic’s patient referrals : Source : Karen
19-Jul-12
The Thai-Burma border based Mae Tao Clinic
has cut the number of its patients for referral due to budget shortages for the
year 2012, according to senior staff at the clinic.
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(15) Villagers’ farmlands and graveyard confiscated by government : Source : Karen
19-Jul-12
Villagers from Htee Poe Klone claim that
their farmlands and community graveyard, north of Hpa-An Town were confiscated
by government officials for industrial zone and for re settlement of Border
Guard Force families.
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(16)
Bangladesh
tells Burmese ambassador to take back Rohingyas : Source : MIzzima
Thursday, 19 July 2012 10:35 Mizzima
News
The Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni
told the Burmese ambassador on Wednesday, “Rohingyas are your citizens, and it
is your concern to take them back in Myanmar
from Bangladesh.”
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(17) Clinic’s workload doubles as funding shrinks : Source : Karen
19-Jul-12
According to Mae Tao Clinic medical staff,
seasonal illness amongst children on the Thailand-Burma border coming to the
clinic for help has more than doubled since last month.
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(18) Burma
government troops arrest two KIA officers : Kachin
19-Jul-12
A Kachin
Independence Army (KIA) officer and a civil department officer from Hukat
village near Myitkyina in Kachin
State have been arrested
by the Burmese military.
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(19) Kachin Peace Network says crisis accommodation in China side IDP
Camp : Kachin
19-Jul-12
Members of
the Rangoon-based Kachin Peace Network say much more needs to be done to help
Kachin internally displaced persons (IDPs) both in Burma and China.
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