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Burma to experience week without power as junta fails to mitigate upstream shock

Burma’s return to the dark ages took an all too familiar step forward after the military’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MoEE) announced on...

Junta preps citizens for a return to perpetual blackouts

Burma’s national electrical grid is—just ten months after the coup d'etat—operating at only 66 percent of maximum capacity, state media announced on Wednesday night....

Court in Burma convicts farmers of trespass in ‘blow’ to land rights

A Burmese court finds 33 farmers living next to a Special Economic Zone guilty of criminal trespass, a ruling seen by activists as a blow to land rights in a country with a rising demand for property for industrial use.

Resolving northern stalemate is key to peace in Burma

Insofar as the Union government’s agenda for ethnic reconciliation is concerned, there is little doubt that the north, where the most powerful rebel armies operate, holds the key to a permanent negotiated settlement.

‘They beat him with sticks,’ says villager of killing of land rights defender in Shan State

Campaigners demanding the return of land to villagers in northern Burma said their fight would go on, days after an activist was beaten to death by a mob while visiting the disputed territory on the invitation of local officials.

Calls for action after Burmese land rights activist beaten to death

Activists want a thorough investigation into the killing of a land rights activist in Burma, and greater protection of land defenders, amid a sharp increase in territorial disputes.

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