(1) Burma gov’t failed to prevent Arakan violence: HRW : Source : DVB
1-Aug-12
The Burmese government could have
prevented the recent sectarian violence in Arakan state, which killed at least
78 people and displaced 100,000, but instead stood by and watched abuses
perpetrated against both Arakanese and Rohingya communities, according to Human
Rights Watch (HRW).
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(2) Development Banks Back in Burma : Source : RFA
2012-08-01
The World Bank and the ADB move to
support the once-pariah state’s political reforms with development aid.
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(3) UN envoy meets with activists, ‘new year bomber’ : Source : DVB
1-Aug-12
United Nations’ Special Rapporteur
for Human Rights for Burma Tomas Ojea Quintana met with activist groups
yesterday in Rangoon
including 88 Generation Students, the All-Burma Federation of Student Unions
and Generation Wave and death row inmate Phyo Wai Aung.
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(4) World Bank Backs Burma with $85m Grant : Source : Irrawaddy
1-Aug-12
RANGOON—The
World Bank is stepping up support for reforms in Burma by helping clear almost US
$400 million debt and providing an additional $85 million in grants for social
work.
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(5) Burmese Officials Told to Declare Assets : Source : Irrawaddy
1-Aug-12
Despite an order by Burmese
President Thein Sein last week for government officials to declare their assets
by Aug 1, few expect to see an honest accounting of the personal wealth
accumulated by former members of the country’s defunct military junta.
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(6) MPs Call for Complete Education Reform : Source : Irrawaddy
1-Aug-12
Burma’s Lower House of Parliament
delayed the drafting of the 2012 University Education Bill on Tuesday with MPs
calling for a complete overhaul of existing policy.
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(7) Thailand food companies plan to enter Burmese market : Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 01 August 2012 16:49 Nay
Lin Aung
Rangoon (Mizzima) – Officials from 10 of Thailand’s ready-made food businesses held a
product exhibition at the Asia Plaza Hotel in Rangoon this week in preparation to enter the
Burmese food market.
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(8) Burmese censors suspend two weekly journals : Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 01 August 2012 12:01 Phanida,
Thit Nyein
Rangoon (Mizzima)
– Burma’s
Press Scrutiny and Registration Division has suspended two weekly journals, The Voice Weekly and Envoy, for an indefinite
period for publishing speculation about cabinet reshuffles and other matters.
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(9) Buddhist monks demonstrate during Quintana’s arrival in Rakhine State : Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 01 August 2012 13:43
Mizzima News
Buddhist monks demonstrated in
Maungdaw with signs urging UN agencies not to discriminated between Buddhist
and Muslims when providing aid, on the same day UN human rights expert Tomas
Ojea Quintana arrived in Rakhine State on a two-day, fact-finding mission.
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(10) Burma Army launches operation against SSA in Shan State South : Source : Panglong
Wednesday, 01 August 2012 13:35 S.H.A.N.
The Burma Army has been launching a
military operation against the Shan State Army (SSA) ‘South’ in the Loi Ye
mountain range, Namzang township since Monday, 30 July, according to SSA
sources.
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(11) 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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