(1) Gov’t forms commission to investigate Arakan violence : Source : DVB
17-Aug-12
Following weeks of international
pressure, President Thein Sein today formed a commission to investigate the
deadly sectarian violence in Arakan state, which controversially pitted
Buddhists against the Muslim Rohingya minority in June.
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(2) Armed Karenni group ready to hold more talks with gov’t : Source : DVB
17-Aug-12
The
Karenni National Progressive Party’s Vice President Abel Tweed said holding
additional rounds of talks with the government is still necessary after
agreeing to an initial ceasefire in March and a union-level deal in June.
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(3) Burma to Probe Ethnic Unrest : Source : RFA
2012-08-17
The
country will launch its own investigation into ethnic clashes that left dozens
dead.
Burma’s president on Friday announced the formation
of a commission to investigate the June deadly ethnic conflict in western
Rakhine state, a day after an Islamic group said it would raise the issue of
the Muslim Rohingya, who allegedly bore the brunt of the violence, before the
United Nations.
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(4)
Five detained NGO aid workers released in Rakhine State : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 17 August 2012 12:09 Mizzima
News
Five detained local NGO staff
members of an international aid organization were freed on Thursday in Rakhine
State in Burma, while others still remain in jail.
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(5)
World Bank ‘interim strategy note’ posted for Burmese projects : Source :
Mizzima
Friday, 17 August 2012 12:25 Mizzima
News
The World Bank has posted a summary
of an “Interim Strategy Note for Burma (ISN) ” on its website, which is an
outline of the bank’s plans and strategy in its engagment with Burma.
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(6) Burma Rebuffs Asean Bid for Role in Arakan State : Source : Irrawaddy
17-Aug-12
A
planned emergency meeting of foreign ministers from the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to address the aftermath of recent communal
violence in Arakan State was called off last week after Burma sternly rejected
the regional grouping’s involvement, The Irrawaddy has learned.
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(7) 87 people dead, over 5,300 houses destroyed in Rakhine State: gov’t : Source : Mizzima
17-Aug-12
The latest UN situation report for Rakhine State
says that of the over 100,000 people affected at the beginning of the crisis in
June, many have returned home as the overall security situation is improving
across the state.
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(8) NGO Registration Law to be Drafted : Source : Irrawaddy
17-Aug-12
The
drafting of a new registration law specifically for non-governmental
organizations was approved by Burma’s Lower House of Parliament on Thursday
while existing legislation will also be reviewed.
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(9)
Burmese human rights commission rejects calls for Rakhine investigation :
Source : Mizzima
Friday, 17 August 2012 13:04 Mizzima
News
Burma’s government-appointed human rights commission has rejected appeals
by domestic and international groups, saying there is no need for an
investigation into the communal violence between Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya
that erupted in June in Rakhine State.
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(10) Journalists Plan Protest against Media Restrictions : Source : Irrawaddy
17-Aug-12
Journalists
in Burma say they plan to protest in front of Rangoon’s City Hall next week to
express their growing frustration with the government’s failure to follow
through on promises to introduce meaningful media reforms.
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(11)
Burma’s FM say new micro-financing strategies needed :
Source : Mizzima
Friday, 17 August 2012 13:58 Mizzima
News
Burma’s Foreign Minister Wunna Maung
Lwin has asked Asean-based countries to look for new ways to enhance micro
financing for rural agricultural projects, which is cited as a prime need to
energize Burma's agricultural sector.
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(12) UN Cannot Reach 25,000 Kachin Refugees : Source : Irrawaddy
17-Aug-12
KACHIN
STATE — Despite the best efforts of the United Nations and its various agencies
in Burma, the world body’s relief operations are unable to reach more than one
third of the estimated 65,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) uprooted in
Kachin State.
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(13) Ethnic Peace Vital for Strong Democracy: 88 Gen : Source : Irrawaddy
17-Aug-12
Members
of the 88 Generation Students group met ethnic political leaders in Karen and
Mon states during a recent visit and agreed to work together towards developing
peace and a strong democracy in Burma.
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(14)
Heavy flooding hits many areas in Burma : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 17 August 2012 13:44 Mizzima
News
Monsoon rains continue to damage
crops and disrupt lives in Burmese townships and villages, with heavy rains in
central and eastern Burma destroying thousands of acres of rice.
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(15) Assamese Flee South India Fearing Revenge Attacks : Source : Irrawaddy
17-Aug-12
BANGALORE,
India—Thousands of panic-stricken Indians from the northeast were fleeing the
southern city of Bangalore on Thursday, spurred by rumors they would be
attacked in retaliation for communal violence in their home state.
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(16) Chinese medics battle to contain measles outbreak in Kachin refugee camp : Source : Karen
17-Aug-12
A
Kachin relief group reports that Chinese doctors and a team of medics are
battling to contain an outbreak of measles among children in a Kachin refugee
camp on the China side of the border with Burma.
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(17) KNU to open the fourth liaison office in Myawaddy : Source : Karen
17-Aug-12
The
Karen National Union will open a fourth liaison office on the 18th of August in
the Burma border town of Myawaddy in Karen State to help with the cooperation
between the Burma government and the KNU, especially in the Karen National
Liberation Army’s 6th and 7th Brigade areas.
(18) Mountains erosions from heavy rains inducing major traffic jam on union highways : Source : Panglong
Friday, 17
August 2012 10:37 NMHO
In
China-Burma boarder, due to the heavy rains across Northern Shan State, there
have been mountains erosions and floods causing many large trees to fall and
blocking thousands of trucks and vehicles in some areas, reported travelers.
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(19) Kachin MP calls for
repeal of act targeting the KIO : Source : Kachin
17-Aug-12
In an interview with the Kachin
News Group (KNG) earlier this week, Dwe Bu (also spelled Doi Bu), an ethnic
Kachin lawmaker from Burma’s Lower House (Pyithu Hluttaw) representing the
Unity and Development Party of Kachin State (UDPKS), again publicly called for
the scrapping of a law that
(20) Exchange of hearts, not brains, will bring peace : Source : Panglong
Friday, 17
August 2012 13:56 S.H.A.N.
On the first anniversary of
President Thein Sein’s publicized call to the country’s armed opposition
movements for peace talks, which falls today, 17 August, SHAN has interviewed 7
ethnic leaders.
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(21) Shan girl gang raped by Burmese government
soldiers : Source : Kachin
16-Aug-12
On
Saturday, August 11, Burmese government troops gang raped a teenaged Shan
girl—the 14-year-old daughter of U Thein Win, the headman from Tung Pin Village
in Kachin State’s Mohnyin district.
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(22) Over 400 people attended 41st anniversary of the Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) : Source : Panglong
Friday, 17
August 2012 14:53 NMHO
The
ceremony for the 41st anniversary of the founding of Shan State Progress Party
(SSPP) was held and more than 400 party members and people reportedly attended.
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