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Day: January 8, 2015
Phyu Hnin Htwe supporter jailed
Activist protesting arrest of Phyu Hnin Htwe sentenced in Mandalay.
UN envoy visit draws mixed reception
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Yanghee Lee has drawn a mixed reception on her second visit to Burma. At Sittwe airport, as many as 500 Arakanese nationalists are waiting…
Trafficked teen rescued from China
A sixteen-year-old girl has been reunited with her family in Magwe, having been duped into travelling to China for work.
Chinese authorities to investigate illegal logging arrests
The Chinese Government has announced that it will look into recent arrests for illegal logging near the Burma-China border.
Two dead, many missing in Hpakant mine landslide
At least two people are dead and many more are still missing after a giant mound of soil collapsed in the Hpakant jade mines in Kachin State on Tuesday evening.