(1) Islamic group calls on Suu Kyi to quell violence : Source : DVB
6-Jul-12
The head of the Organisation of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC) urged Burma’s
pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday to help end violence against the
Muslim Rohingya community in her country.
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(2) Authorities target Rohingya after violence: HRW : Source : DVB
6-Jul-12
Burmese security forces have
systematically abused the stateless Rohingya group after sectarian violence
flared in northern Arakan state in early June, Human Rights Watch (HRW)
reported on Thursday.
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(3) Authorities Detain Student Activists : Source : RFA
2012-07-06
Burmese police crack down on members of a banned student group ahead of a sensitive anniversary.Burmese authorities on Friday detained more than two dozen members of a banned political organization and raided the headquarters of a student activist group in Rangoon ahead of the anniversary of
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(4) Authorities Block Plans to Commemorate Key Anniversary : Source : Irrawaddy
6-Jul-12
Members of a student group that
planned to mark the 50th anniversary of the destruction of the University of Rangoon Student Union building were
summoned by police in Mandalay Division on Thursday and warned not to “dig up
the past.”
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(5) 80 Thais Arrested by Burma for Logging : Source : Irrawaddy
6-Jul-12
At least 80 Thai citizens have been detained in prison in Kawthaung, southern Burma, after they were arrested on Wednesday by Burmese troops who claim the Thais were encroaching on Burmese territory. The security forces seized timber-cutting machinery, bulldozers and trucks which they say were being used
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KIO refuses to hold peace talks in gov’t-controlled area : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 06 July 2012 13:21 Mizzima
News
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has rejected the Burmese government’s invitation to meet in July in a government-controlled area in Bhamo (Manmaw) in Kachin State or Muse in Shan State, according to KIO officials. The KIO has met twice with government officials in KIO-controlled areas, and several
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(7)
Thein Sein to visit Thailand
on July 22 : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 06 July 2012 15:46 Mizzima
News
A Thai deputy prime minister said Burmese President Thein
Sein will arrive in Thailand
for an official visit on July 22-24.
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(8) Thandaung villagers under fire despite ceasefire : Source : Karen
6-Jul-12
Despite a ceasefire agreement being in place
between Karen soldiers and the Burma Army, fighting broke out in Thandaung Township,
Karen State on 27th June.
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Biased police response to sectarian violence in Arakan: HRW : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 06 July 2012 13:46 Mizzima
News
Burmese security forces have
responded to sectarian violence in northern Arakan (Rhakine) State with mass
arrests and unlawful force against the Rohingya Muslim population, Human Rights
Watch (HRW) said on Thursday in a statement.
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(10) Kachin Protest for Refugee’s Release : Source : Irrawaddy
6-Jul-12
More than 1,500 people staged a
peaceful protest in Myitkyina on Friday calling for the release of a detained
Kachin refugee, Lahtaw Brang Shawng, who they say has been brutally tortured by
security forces for three days and nights.
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(11)
‘Release all remaining prisoners of conscience’: AI : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 06 July 2012 14:15 Mizzima
News
Among the Burmese political
prisoners released on Tuesday were three members of the National League for
Democracy (NLD), Burma’s leading opposition party, but the largest group was
affiliated with the All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF), an armed group
of students formed after the political violence of 1988, Amnesty International
(AI) said in a statement on Thursday.
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(12) Arakan Monks Boycott UN, INGOs : Source : Irrawaddy
6-Jul-12
Several Arakanese Buddhist monks
are boycotting aid from international agencies and NGOs, accusing them of bias
in their distribution.
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(13)
10 U.N. staff still in custody in Rakhine
State : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 06 July 2012 13:38 Mizzima
News
The latest situation report from
the U.N. humanitarian affairs office said on Thursday that the Burmese
government has estimated a total of 55,000 people were displaced in Rakhine
State, who were accommodated in 81 camps in four townships, as of 3 July.
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(14) Suu Kyi Hears Constituents’ Concerns : Source : Irrawaddy
6-Jul-12
Burmese opposition leader Aung San
Suu Kyi on Thursday visited her constituency of Kawhmu in the outskirts of Rangoon where she
listened to residents describe their daily hardships.
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Meeting with prisoner of conscience stakeholders needed: U.N. rapporteur :
Source : Mizzima
Friday, 06 July 2012 12:37 Mizzima
News
The U.N. Special Rapporteur on
the human rights situation in Burma,
Tomás Ojea Quintana, has called for the immediate and systematic release of
prisoners of conscience without conditions.
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(16) China, Cuba Sign Economic Pacts : Source : Irrawaddy
6-Jul-12
BEIJING—Cuba on Thursday signed a
series of economic agreements with China coinciding with a visit to Beijing by
leader Raul Castro that offered him a first-hand look at Chinese economic reforms.
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(17) Southeast Asia to be declared nuclear weapon-free zone : Source : Mizzima
6-Jul-12
After 12 years of negotiations, the five recognized nuclear-weapon states
(P5) have agreed to sign the protocol to the treaty on the Southeast Asia
Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ) on Thursday in Cambodia, senior officials said on
Thursday.
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(18) Myanmar approves new US ambassador : Source : Radionz
6-Jul-12
Myanmar has approved the
appointment of the first American ambassador in 22 years.
State media say he is Derek
Mitchell, 47, an expert on Asian affairs who is President Barack Obama's
special representative and policy co-ordinator for Myanmar.
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