The opposition leader was met with swollen streets, discord and reports alleging that the Thai government prevented her from publicly addressing Mae La refugee camp
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Legal diploma course begins in Mae Sot
Feb 13, 2009 (DVB), A two-year law programme is being run on the Thai-Burma border to provide training in international and domestic law to 25 students from Burma, according to Myint Thein of the Burma Lawyers' Council. Twenty-five students have enrolled on the course, which is being held in the Thai border town of Mae …
Laura Bush visits Burmese groups in Mae Sot
Aug 8, 2008 (DVB), United States first lady Laura Bush paid a visit to a migrants' clinic and met with health and education activists yesterday in the Thai town of Mae Sot on the border with Burma. She also made a trip to Mae-La Karen refugee camp before meeting activists from Burmese groups operating in …
Bomb explodes at Mae Sot rubbish dump
Feb 22, 2008 (DVB), Fourteen Burmese migrants were injured today when a bomb exploded at a rubbish dump on the outskirts of the Thai border town of Mae Sot. The explosion occurred at around 8.30am when a municipal dumpster with the licence plate 7724 brought the rubbish from Ban Nua market to the dump. Fourteen …
Burmese refugees arrested near Mae Sot
June 28, 2007 (DVB)
Funding crisis causes cuts at Mae Tao Clinic
Mae Tao Clinic receives about 200-300 outpatients every day, and 80 percent of its 140 beds for inpatients are occupied on a daily basis.