Muslims in Arakan state allowed to travel outside of their designated regions after decades of tight state-enacted restrictions
Month: July 2011
The lives of others
[album: https://www.dvb.no/wp-content/plugins/dm-albums/dm-albums.php?currdir=/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/Lives of others/] As Australia signs off on a controversial deal to send 800 asylum seekers to be processed in Malaysia, Reuters photographer Bazuki Muhammad documents the lives of…
Burmese fans pelt winning opposition
World Cup qualifying football match between Burma and Oman ends prematurely after Burmese fans riot in the stands
At a critical juncture, Burma's government needs a Plan B
Three-part essay explores Burma’s problematic relationship with China and the potential for Naypyidaw to build closer ties with another global powerhouse
Armed groups urge Suu Kyi mediation
Offer of negotiating role from opposition leader garners support among leaders of ethnic armies currently engaged in fighting
Families in Kachin war zone ordered out
Concern that Burmese army is employing controversial Four Cuts strategy in Kachin state as families given deadline to leave