Acting UN envoy to Burma facing calls from rights group to be included in an investigation into Sri Lankan army’s execution of Tamil Tigers
Day: February 25, 2011
UN says Burma ‘a regional burden’
Increasing numbers of Burmese asylum-seekers and refugees in Southeast Asian countries is evidence of a growing regional crisis, UN says
Thai heroin haul ‘traces back to Wa’
Regional narcotics experts assert that record heroin seizure made in Thailand was produced by Burma’s largest ethnic army
10,000 Karen refugees lacking food
Restrictions enacted by Thai government have impeded the flow of food and medical aid to thousands of refugees in makeshift shelters
Chin state abuses are the tip of the iceberg
Systematic abuse by Burmese troops in Chin state is symptomatic of a wider crisis that the new parliament shows no sign of tackling