Reports emerging that prison authorities have denied strikers drinking water and blocked family members from visiting Insein jail
Month: October 2011
Two killed by Arakan lightning strike
Freak accident occurs in western Burma as cost of heavy storm that caused flooding havoc in Magwe division continues to mount
Suu Kyi meets govt amid talk of return
National League for Democracy considering reregistering as a party following fourth set of talks between Suu Kyi and labour minister
Thailand ‘protecting migrants’ as water rises
Labour ministry allows extension of visa for migrants and orders police not to harass the thousands fleeing to Burma to escape floods
Life on the frontline
The conflict in Kachin state is reaching an intensity not witnessed since a raft of ceasefire agreements were signed in the late 1980s. Troops from the Burmese army are nearing…
Suu Kyi, Zarganar to host film festival
Two luminaries of the pro-democracy movement among a four-member team hosting festival to mark Burma’s Independence Day