Labour Issues Lead Story News Protest Rangoon
Two garment factory workers who allegedly led a recent labour strike in Rangoon’s Shwepyithar Industrial Zone are facing public disturbance charges.
The Burmese government will release more than 200 remaining political prisoners in keeping with a promise President Thein Sein made during a visit to Europe earlier this year.
Communal Violence Lead Story News
Eleven Arakanese nationalists, who were detained in connection with the ethno-religious violence that broke out in October, have been released on bail.
