(1) Minister rejects calls for int’l investigation in Arakan : Source : DVB
31-Jul-12
Union Immigration Minister Khin Yi
rejected a call from the United Nations’ to investigate the unfair treatment of
the Rohingya by security forces following the rioting in western Burma during a
press conference where government officials discussed the ongoing unrest in
Arakan state.
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(2) Press group speaks out against media suppression : Source : DVB
31-Jul-12
Burma’s
Organising Committee for the Formation of the Myanmar
[Burma]
Press Union released a statement on Saturday stating that the ban placed on
Snapshot weekly news journal could inhibit the country’s reform process.
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(3) VP Nomination Delay Stirs Rumor Mill : Source : Irrawaddy
31-Jul-12
The long delay in appointing a new
vice-president has caught the public interest in Burma, with speculation
circulating that the matter is tied up in relation to a greater reshuffle of
top ministers in Naypyidaw.
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(4)
Burmese gov’t rejects accusations of excessive force in Rakhine State
: Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 11:31 Mizzima
News
The Burmese foreign ministry
“strongly rejects the accusations made by some quarters that abuses and
excessive use of force were made by the authorities” in dealing with the unrest
in Rakhine State, it said in a statement issued on
Monday.
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(5) Shan Peace Elusive Despite Ceasefire : Source : Irrawaddy
31-Jul-12
While Burma’s current political situation
of tentative democratic reform has been described as a period of opportunity,
one of the country’s formerly incarcerated political opponents is yet to be
convinced.
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(6) US Expresses Concern for Minorities in Burma : Source : Irrawaddy
31-Jul-12
WASHINGTON
DC—On the day when the United States and Naypyidaw restored full
diplomatic ties, an official report said that respect for religious freedom
remains problematic in Burma
despite recent reforms undertaken by the new quasi-civilian government.
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(7)
Proportional representation for Burma?
: Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 12:33 Mizzima
News
Burma’s Election Commission chairman
and a small group of political party leaders met last week to discuss a
proportional electoral system, a representative from the group told Radio
Free Asia last week.
On the same day,
the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think tank, said in a new
report that proportional representation could help the country avoid conflict
with ethnic minorities.
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(8) Burmese Traders Urge China to Cut Border Tariffs : Source : Irrawaddy
31-Jul-12
Burmese businessmen are complaining
of increased import tariffs imposed by the Chinese authorities at the
Sino-Burmese border that have slashed their profits.
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(9) Admiral Nyan Tun to be nominated vice president: source : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 15:48 Mizzima
News
Rangoon (Mizzima) – The latest guess as to who
will be nominated for vice president of Burma is Admiral Nyan Tun, the
commander-in-chief of the navy.
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(10) Petition drive calls
for sacking Lower House MP Aung Thein Lin : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 13:08 Theingi
Tun
Rangoon (Mizzima) – An interview in a
Chinese newspaper has led to a petition drive in South Okkalapa
Township to remove Lower
House MP Aung Thein Lin from Parliament. Organizers said the petition will be
submited to the Union Election Commission (UEC).
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(11) Defamation, libel suits filed against Snap Shot journal : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 11:41 Phanida
Chiang Mai (Mizzima)
– Journalist Herjule, who goes by one name, was granted bail on Monday in a
defamation suit filed against the Snap
Shot journal by the owner of a karaoke shop in Katha Township.
Bail was set at US$ 3,371.
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(12) Malaria program is positive sign of government reform : Source : Karen
31-Jul-12
People in the eastern Burma town of Kyain Seikgyi
have welcomed a joint health campaign program by government and international
malaria experts to combat malaria in the their area in Karen State.
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(13)
Burmese gov’t maintains restrictions on religious freedom: US : Source :
Mizzima
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 14:24 Mizzima
News
The Burmese government has made
political reforms, but it did not demonstrate a trend toward either improvement
or deterioration in respect to the right to religious freedom, according to a
2012 US report on religious
freedom in Burma.
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(14)
Rakhine State medical aid ‘a work in progress’:
Red Cross : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 14:12 Mizzima
News
The International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC) has been providing basic aid and assistance to the injured,
ill and displaced in Rakhine State, Anne Ryniker, the ICRC deputy head of
operations for Asia and the Pacific, said in
an interview released on Monday.
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(15) Wa, Shan to avert another close encounter : Source : Panglong
Tuesday, 31 July 2012 15:08 S.H.A.N.
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) and
the Shan State Army (SSA) ‘South’, after negotiations, have been working to
prevent an unwanted war which would have benefited neither, according t a Shan
commander.
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(16) The corpse of missing Kachin man found : Source : Kachin
31-Jul-12
A body of a Kachin man who was arrested by the Burmese military has been found.Galau Bawm Yaw was arrested under suspicion of being connected to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). Several days after his arrest the authorities claimed they released him. But his wife said he wasn’t released. Bawm Yaw’s
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(17) USDP-backed women’s
peace rally in Kachin state halted : Source : Kachin
31-Jul-12
A women’s
peace rally in Kachin state, which was being organized by Union Solidarity and
Development Party (USDP) member and Sumprabum constituency Senator Hka Mai
Tang’s wife, has been scrapped following a public outcry.
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