(1) Kachin army captures 30 gov’t troops as fighting intensifies : Source : DVB
5-Jul-12
The Kachin Independence Army has
captured more than 30 Burmese Army prisoners of war and deserters as fighting
heats up in the year long conflict.
(2) Rights Group Slams Abuse of Rohingyas : Source : RFA
2012-07-05
The group calls on Burma to rein in
its security forces in Rakhine state.
An international human rights group Thursday urged Burma’s government to end arbitrary detention and hold accountable security forces implicated in serious abuses amidst ongoing sectarian violence in the
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(3) Armed Shan group calls on president to end violence : Source : DVB
5-Jul-12
Senior officials from the Shan
State Army-North are calling on Thein Sein to reign in the army and prevent the
military from launching any further attacks against their troops.
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Burmese cabinet changes coming: reports : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 05 July 2012 11:48 Mizzima
News
The resignation of a top hardliner in the Burmese government marks the
start of a cabinet reshuffle designed to speed up democratic and economic
reforms, say members of the government.
(5) Arakan Violence Blamed as Press Council Put on Hold : Source : Irrawaddy
5-Jul-12
Plans to form a new Press Council
to replace Burma’s
draconian censorship board appear to have been put on the back burner as the
country faces its worst communal violence in decades, according to journalists.
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Burmese MPs witness TV coverage of Indian Parliament : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 05 July 2012 16:12 Mizzima
News
A delegation of 10 Burmese Members
of Parliament now visiting India to study parliamentary procedures there have
seen the importance of media freedom, the committee system, lawmakers’
accountability and full television coverage of the parliamentary sessions to
keep the public informed.
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(7) Shan Army Agrees to Base Withdrawal : Source : Irrawaddy
5-Jul-12
The Shan State Army-North
(SSA-North) has agreed to withdraw from two of its military bases at the
request of the Burmese government’s Union Peacemaking Work Committee (UPWC) in
order to avoid conflict during the ongoing peace talks.
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Thai contractor says Dawei project will go forward : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 05 July 2012 13:51 Mizzima
News
Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD),
the contractor for the Dawei deep-sea port project in Burma, said on
Wednesday that the gradual withdrawal of its Burmese partner in the US$ 50
billion project should not affect the viability of the project, although it
might set it back temporarily.
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(9) Australian Navy Rescues 162 Asylum Seekers : Source : Irrawaddy
5-Jul-12
SYDNEY—Two Australian navy patrol
boats rescued 162 people from an asylum seeker boat in trouble in Indonesian
waters and were taking them Thursday to an immigration detention center on a
remote Australian island territory.
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(10)
Burma
has opportunity to improve health care : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 05 July 2012 12:35 Dr. Cesar Chelala
(Commentary) – The rapid changes
now taking place in Burma
are creating the conditions for renewed support for the country’s precarious
public health system to improve the Burmese people’s dismal health status.
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(11) Burma Puts Capitalism’s Ethos to the Test : Source : Irrawaddy
5-Jul-12
In a world of turmoil and gloom,
Aung San Suu Kyi is a beacon of optimism. Lately, though, the Burmese
pro-democracy icon sounds like a killjoy.
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(12) Mass arrests of Rohingya in Rakhine State: BROUK : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 05 July 2012 13:03 Mizzima
News
A Burmese joint
police and security force raided a Rohingya village in Maungdaw Daw in Rakhine State on Wednesday in search of Rohingya
Muslims, according to a statement issued by the Burmese Rohingya Organization
UK (BROUK).
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(13)
Chinese official says Kachin not forced to return : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 05 July 2012 12:13 Mizzima
News
A Yunnan Province
border official has denied that China
has forced Kachin displaced refugees to return to a dangerous region of civil
war in their country.
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(14) Wa denies buying arms from North Korea : Source : Panglong
Thursday, 05 July 2012 09:56 S.H.A.N.
The United Wa State Army (UWSA)
yesterday refuted SHAN report on 11 June that it has been purchasing arms from North Korea.
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(15) KIO rejects meeting with peace
negotiating team in government controlled territories : Source : Kachin
4-Jul-12
After meeting Burmese peace
negotiating team twice last month in Kachin Independence Organization
controlled territory, the KIO has rejected the government’s invitation to meet
later in the month in government controlled areas in Bhamo (Manmaw) in Kachin State
or Muse in Shan State, according to Kachin officials.
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(16) Shan army to Naypyitaw: Stop attack or truce terminates : Source : Panglong
Wednesday, 04 July 2012 12:34 S.H.A.N.
The Shan State Progress Party /
Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA), as the SSA North is officially designated, whose
Kawng Maihoong base in Monghsu township has been under attack since Saturday,
30 June, has sent a message to President Thein Sein demanding that his Burma
Army forces suspend hostilities and retire to where they come from, according
to SSPP/SSA spokesman Maj Sai La.
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(17) Judge halts Brang Shawng case, following arbitrary arrest :
Source : Kachin
5-Jul-12
Lahtaw Brang Shawng, a resident of
Jan Mai Kawng Refugee Camp in Myitkyina, Kachin
State, was arrested by military
intelligence on the charge of involvement in recent bombings in Kachin State.
On June 28, the local court dismissed the charges due to a recording device
found strapped to his stomach, suggesting involvement on the part of Military
Affairs Security.
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(18) The idea of Myanmar : Source : Economic
7-Jul-12
FEW outside her homeland would dream these days of criticising Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s opposition leader. On her tour of Europe last month, she was swaddled in praise verging on adulation. Her dignity, courage, intelligence and good humour confirmed her many longtime admirers in their good opinion and
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(19) Myanmar troops grab hundreds of Thais : Source : Bangkok
6-Jul-12
RANONG : Hundreds of Thai villagers
encroaching on Myanmar
territory opposite Ranong's Kra Buri district have been detained by Myanmar
forces, the Fourth Army confirmed yesterday.
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