Burmese authorities have arrested six people for their suspected role in the massacre of 10 Muslim pilgrims in Arakan state last year, whose deaths sparked a series of vicious ethno-religious…
Day: July 18, 2013
UK approves US$5 million in arms export deals to Burma
The British government has approved arms export licences worth over US$5 million (£3.3 million) to Burma, even though it is considered a country of “serious human rights” concern and continues…
Rights issues dominate Thein Sein's Euro trip
Burma’s President Thein Sein met the French head of state Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Wednesday. Human rights issues have dominated Thein Sein’s visits to Britain…
Ministry agrees to return meagre fraction of land confiscated by military
Burma’s defence minister promised the country’s parliament on Tuesday to return just over 18,000 of the approximately 300,000 acres of land confiscated by the military