(1) Political prisoner beaten at Insein : Source : DVB
2-Aug-12
Officials at Rangoon’s Insein prison beat a political
prisoner, who was being transferred from Arakan state’s Sittwe prison to Pegu’s
Tharawaddy prison, during a brief stopover at the facility on 31 July.
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(2) Bangladesh targets charities working with Rohingya : Source : DVB
2-Aug-12
Bangladesh
has ordered three international charities to stop providing aid to Rohingya
refugees who cross the border to flee persecution and violence in Burma, an
official said Thursday.
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(3) Media committee calls for better protection of press : Source : DVB
2-Aug-12
The indefinite suspension of two
prominent news journals, The Voice and Envoy, has journalists calling for
better protection of Burma’s
fourth estate.
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(4) Worker Strike Probe Shot Down by MPs : Source : Irrawaddy
2-Aug-12
A proposal to form a committee to
investigate worker strikes, which took place in Rangoon
factories to demand wages hikes over the past year, was rejected by Burma’s Lower
House of Parliament after a vote on Wednesday.
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(5) Thai University to Sign MoU with Burma : Source : Irrawaddy
2-Aug-12
A leading Thai university, the
Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna (RUMTL), will soon sign a Memorandum
of Understand (MoU) with Burma’s
Department of Higher Education (Lower Myanmar)
with the aim of exchanging educational programs.
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(6)
Burma’s
VP says racial, religious tensions caused Rakhin unrest : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 02 August 2012 13:16
Mizzima News
Burmese Vice President Sai Mauk Kham
has told a government committee coordinating relief in Rakhine State
that violence there was based on racial and religious tensions and a long-term
solution was needed.
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(7) Burmese Officials Told to Declare Assets : Source : Irrawaddy
2-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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(8)
Lower House supports minister in rejection of investigation committee : Source
: Mizzima
Thursday, 02 August 2012 14:01
Mizzima News
Burma’s Lower House voted on Wednesday to reject a proposal to
form a government committee to investigate labour strikes in Rangoon over recent months.
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(9)
India, Burma draw
closer in military ties : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 02 August 2012 14:19
Mizzima News
India has agreed to train Burmese army personnel and provide
material in an effort to pressure Indian insurgents who take refuge in
northwest Burma, according
to an article the The Times of India on Thursday.
Burma is a haven for
armed insurgents to launch attacks on India, the article said.
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(10) Villagers unhappy with ITD relocation plans : Source : Karen
2-Aug-12
Kalone Hta villagers are dissatisfied with
the Italian-Thai Company relocation plans for their village that will make way
for a hydropower dam that will flood their homes and farmlands.
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(11) Farmers
will sue over denial of protest rights : Source : Mizzima
2-Aug-12
Rangoon (Mizzima) – A group of farmers said
they will prepare a lawsuit after Labutta
Township officials denied
them a permit to stage a demonstration over the confiscation of their land.
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(12)
Burma
business arrivals increasing rapidly : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 02 August 2012 13:39
Mizzima News
The number of business people
entering Burma
is gaining on the number of tourists. Both groups totaled about half a million
by the end of June and the number of arrivals is expected to reach 1 million
before the end of the year.
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(13) Burma’s rubber prices low : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 02 August 2012 12:40 Aye
Kyawt Khaing
Rangoon (Mizzima) – Burma expects to export 95,000 tons
of rubber in the 2012-2013 fiscal year, 10,000 tons more than last year, an
official of the Myanmar Rubber Planters and Producers Association (MRPPA) said.
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(14) Wa, Shan armies defuse a potential clash : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 02 August 2012 12:22
Mizzima News
Wa and Shan army commanders say
tensions between the two armies have subsided after a “misunderstanding” caused
the armies to face off opposite Chiang Mai’s Fang District in northeast Burma.
Last week, troops from the 248th Brigade of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) moved to surround the Loi Hsarm Hsip base of the 727th Brigade of the Shan State Army (SSA). Local and Thai sources told the Shan Herald that the Wa
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(15) Village headmen and
businessmen accused of illegal logging : Source : Kachin
2-Aug-12
Villagers
claim some headmen and businessmen are doing illegal logging without discussing
it with the community between Tang Hpre village and Chyinghkrang village near
Mali Hka River Confluence (Irrawaddy River Confluence).
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(16) US extends Myanmar import
ban despite reform : Source : Google
3-Aug-12
WASHINGTON — The US Congress on Thursday extended a ban on imports
from Myanmar,
seeking to maintain pressure despite a series of reforms in the country that
have prompted an easing of other sanctions.
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(17) Congress renews African trade program, sanctions on Myanmar. : Source : Washingtonpost
3-Aug-12
WASHINGTON
— Congress on Thursday renewed a key provision of a trade program that
encourages economic development in sub-Saharan Africa.
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