(1) Karenni army opens liaison offices : Source : DVB
26-Jul-12
Following a union-level ceasefire
agreement, the Karenni National Progressive Party opened its first liaison
office in the Karenni state capital of Loikaw yesterday.
(2) Taliban calls on Pakistan to sever relations with Burma : Source : DVB
26-Jul-12
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Thursday threatened to attack Burma to avenge crimes against the Muslim
Rohingya, unless Pakistan
halts all relations with the government and shuts its embassy in Islamabad.
(3) Activists Demand Transparency for Dawei : Source : Irrawaddy
26-Jul-12
Transparency and accountability are
crucial to ensure the Dawei (Tavoy) deep-sea port project in southern Burma does not
adversely affect local people or the environment, claim human rights activists.
(4) Farmers Block Tractor to Protest Land Grabs : Source : Irrawaddy
26-Jul-12
Three farmers from Mandalay
Division, whose land has been confiscated, lay in front of a tractor belonging
to the accused company on Wednesday in order to halt work and highlight their
claims.
(5)
92 Thai trespassers given 3-1/2-year sentence : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:09 Mizzima
News
Burma has sentenced 92 Thais to three-and-a-half years in for
prison terms for illegal entry and encroachment on forestland without permission.
(6)
Burma
to receive 500,000 doses of foot and mouth vaccines : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 26 July 2012 12:53 Yadana
Oo
The World Organization for Animal
Health OIE (WOAH) will provide Burma
500,000 doses of vaccines for foot and mouth disease for cattle, an official at
the Myanmar Livestock Federation (MLF) said.
(7)
End torture in the Asian region: parliamentarians : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:23 Mizzima
News
Parliamentarians from eight Asian
nations and civil society representatives have called for the end of torture
and ill-treatment by governments in the region, in a meeting organized by the
Asian Alliance against Torture and Ill Treatment (AAATI).
(8)
UN human rights expert asks to visit strife-torn Arakan State
: Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:54 Mizzima
News
The UN expert on human rights in Burma will
visit the country for four days starting on Tuesday, at the invitation of the
government.
(9)
Asean wants ‘explanation’ Royingya on issue : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 26 July 2012 13:29 Mizzima
News
Asean has asked Burma for a “full explanation” on the sectarian
unrest in Arakan State, Asean Secretary-General Surin
Pitsuwan said on Wednesday.
(10)
Norwegian ethnic peace fund effort criticized : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 26 July 2012 13:13 Mizzima
News
A coalition of Karen community-based
organizations says the Myanmar Peace Support Initiative (MPSI), backed by Norway,
lacks transparency and community support.
(11) Villagers live in hope dam company delivers on promises : Source : Karen
26-Jul-12
Asian World Company, the biggest
infrastructure and construction company in Burma
says it will re-house a hundred families relocated from Htone Bo village,
because of the construction of a hydro-power dam project on the Palet River.
Htone Bo village is located 14 miles from Taungoo Town
in Pago Division.
(12) 1,306 Refugee Camp teachers’ to get pay rise : Source : Karen
26-Jul-12
Naw Dabora Htoo, education coordinator with
the Karen Refugee Committee, said schoolteachers working in refugee camps along
the Thai-Burma border are long over due a pay rise, but this academic year they
will get an increase in their monthly subsidy.
(13) Govt, military taking “dangerous approach” : Source : Panglong
Thursday, 26 July 2012 10:43 S.H.A.N.
As long as the present government
and the military are adopting a “dual track approach” to peace in the country,
the reforms will not be “irreversible”, according to veteran Burma watcher
Aung Kyaw Zaw.
(14)
Five Burmese troops killed by KIA bomb attack : Source : Kachin
26-Jul-12
Five
Burmese soldiers have been killed and several others were injured from a Kachin
Independence Army (KIA) bomb attack in Bankawng Mu, on July 24. The village,
which is located between Myitkyina and Bhamo (or Manmaw), is patrolled by both
KIA and government forces.
(15)
Earthquake destroys buildings near Indawgyi
Lake : Source : Kachin
26-Jul-12
A powerful
earthquake destroyed a Baptist Church and homes near Indawgyi
Lake (also known as Nawnglut) located
in the western part of Mogaung
Township.
(16) Villagers forced off their
land by businessmen : Source : Kachin
26-Jul-12
Villagers
from Bwi Daw claim two businessmen have forced them off their land at
gunpoint.Residents say Lasang Awng Wa and U Min Nyo have confiscated their land
near Mali Hka
River in Kachin State
to expand a Djenkol Bean tree and fish farm.
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