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    Day: October 22, 2013

    China defends human rights record at UN panel
    October 22, 2013in Lead Story, News19by HANNA HINDSTROM
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    China defends human rights record at UN panel

    China defended its human rights record before a panel of UN experts in Geneva on Tuesday, amid accusations of “systematic” abuses against minority populations, including refugees from Burma.

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    Suu Kyi receives Sakharov Prize – 23 years later
    October 22, 2013in Lead Story, News, Politics3by EMMA VON ZEIPEL
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    Suu Kyi receives Sakharov Prize – 23 years later

    Aung San Suu Kyi is presented with the EU’s Sakharov Prize – an award she won in 1990 but was unable to collect while she was under house arrest.

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    The Sunlight weekly closes after cover story controversy
    October 22, 2013in Lead Story, Media, News3by AYE NAI / DVB
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    The Sunlight weekly closes after cover story controversy

    The publisher of The Sunlight weekly news journal, Yu Naing, has confirmed that the publication has been permanently closed down following a dispute over its editorial integrity.

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    Twenty more miners arrested over Moehti Moemi protest
    October 22, 2013in Lead Story, Natural resources, News2by KO ZAN
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    Twenty more miners arrested over Moehti Moemi protest

    Twenty more miners have been charged after staging a protest against the suspension of the Moehti Moemi gold mine in Mandalay and for resisting security guards who came to remove…

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    Income inequality in Burma
    October 22, 2013in Analysis, Contributor, Lead Story12by DENNIS McCORNAC
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    Income inequality in Burma

    As the level of income disparity increases, it is feared that it may portend social unrest down the road, perhaps resulting in a return to a more controlled economy and…

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