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    Month: September 2017

    Military drops remaining charges against The Voice Daily duo
    September 30, 2017in Lead Story, Media, News139by LINN SATT AUNG
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    Military drops remaining charges against The Voice Daily duo

    The decision marks the end of a four-month ordeal that began when The Voice Daily duo were arrested for a satirical column lampooning Burma’s military.

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    Ministers deliver aid to trapped Rohingya village
    September 29, 2017in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya41by REUTERS
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    Ministers deliver aid to trapped Rohingya village

    Two senior Burmese government officials have delivered aid to a remote Rohingya Muslim village, and guaranteed residents’ safety, after they were cut off and threatened by hostile Arakanese Buddhist neighbours,…

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    SSA-North rejects encroachment accusations
    September 29, 2017in Conflict, Lead Story, News, Shan234by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    SSA-North rejects encroachment accusations

    The state government accuses the Shan army of contravening a state-level agreement outlining areas of control and prompting hostilities with Burmese troops.

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    4 Burmese nationalists jailed for US embassy protest
    September 29, 2017in Lead Story, News, Rohingya379by DVB
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    4 Burmese nationalists jailed for US embassy protest

    Buddhist monks and nationalists assembled outside the US embassy in April to denounce the use of the term “Rohingya” in an embassy statement.

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    US envoy to UN demands Burma prosecutions, weapons curbs
    September 29, 2017in Arakan, International Relations, Lead Story, News, Rohingya3by REUTERS
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    US envoy to UN demands Burma prosecutions, weapons curbs

    US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Thursday called on countries to suspend providing weapons to Burma over violence against Rohingya Muslims until the military puts sufficient accountability…

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    Aid groups call for access to Arakan conflict zone
    September 28, 2017in Arakan, International Relations, Lead Story, News, Rohingya1by REUTERS
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    Aid groups call for access to Arakan conflict zone

    International aid groups in Burma have urged the government to allow free access to Arakan State, where an army offensive has sent 480,000 people fleeing to Bangladesh but hundreds of…

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