Union Immigration Minister Khin Yi rejected the call from the United Nations’ to investigate the unfair treatment of the Rohingya by security forces following the rioting in western Burma
Month: July 2012
Press group speaks out against media suppression
Burma’s Organising Committee for the Formation of the Myanmar [Burma] Press Union released a statement on Saturday stating that the ban placed on Snapshot weekly news journal could inhibit the…
NGO warns of ‘second tragedy’ in western Burma
An official from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) expressed concern that parts of Arakan state may face a “second tragedy” if medical personal are kept from providing aid to those in…
Suspects detained after NLD member murdered
Police in Magwe division’s Pwintbyu township have arrested two men, including a member of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party, in connection with the bloody murder of a rival…
Three migrants gunned down in southern Thailand
Three Burmese migrant workers in southern Thailand’s Phang-nga and Songkhla provinces were shot and killed by unknown gunmen in two separate incidents on 25 July
Karenni army opens liaison offices
Following a union-level ceasefire agreement, the Karenni National Progressive Party opened its first liaison office in the Karenni state capital of Loikaw yesterday