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    Article 66(d) under debate in Upper House
    July 26, 2017in Law, Lead Story, Media, News, Parliament135by DVB
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    Article 66(d) under debate in Upper House

    Critics have slammed the Telecommunications Act as a government and military tool used to crush dissent and silence the media.

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    Burma’s disgraced human rights commission takes up new maid abuse case
    July 26, 2017in Human Rights, Lead Story, News41by HTET KHAUNG LINN / MYANMAR NOW
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    Burma’s disgraced human rights commission takes up new maid abuse case

    Months after a maid abuse scandal prompted some of its members to resign, the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission is being drawn into the case of a 13-year-old domestic helper…

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    MPs approve unanimous rebuke of UN human rights envoy
    July 26, 2017in Human Rights, International Relations, Lead Story, News524by DVB
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    MPs approve unanimous rebuke of UN human rights envoy

    Lawmakers in the Lower House on Tuesday put their official stamp of disapproval on the UN special rapporteur’s latest end-of-mission statement, unanimously approving an urgent proposal condemning remarks she made…

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    H1N1 flu outbreak kills two more in Burma
    July 26, 2017in Health, Lead Story, News220by REUTERS
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    H1N1 flu outbreak kills two more in Burma

    Burmese health officials said on Tuesday that two more people had died after contracting H1N1 influenza in the largest city, Rangoon, a day after the government said more than a…

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