Poet Maung Saungkha not among this week’s released prisoners
A dozen more prisoners were released this week, adding to the more than 200 freed since the NLD assumed power earlier this month.
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Authoritarian policing and the colonial hangover
Human rights advocates and opposition lawmakers say Burma’s current government has done little to reform colonial-era criminal laws that curtail civil liberties.
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Making ‘Rule of Law’ a Reality in Burma
Sam Zarifi, Regional Director of the International Commission of Jurists, examines what it will take to create a strong, independent judiciary in a changing Burma.
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Burma’s supreme seat of power
More than 20 months after witnessing government forces violently abduct his wife, a farmer turned refugee from Burma’s Kachin struggles to move forward
Seven Burmese Muslims jailed over monk’s murder
Seven Muslim men, including a minor, were sentenced to jail on Tuesday for the murder of a monk, whose death allegedly sparked a wave of religious riots across central Burma
Copper mine protestors file lawsuit against President Thein Sein
Locals protesting a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine have filed a lawsuit against President Thein Sein for his role in a police crackdown in November
Court rules in favour of Suu Kyi’s brother in housing row
A court in Rangoon ruled that Aung San Suu Kyi’s estranged brother, Aung San Oo, is a partial owner of the family’s lakeside estate, where the opposition leader spent 15 years under house arrest
Commentary: Lawlessness, the stuff that binds in Burma
Basil Fernando Feb 12, 2008 (DVB), Last week, the Asian Human Rights Commission issued three appeals on cases of concern from Burma which illustrate the "un-rule of law" that pervades[…]
Lawlessness, the stuff that binds in Burma
Basil Fernando Feb 12, 2008 (DVB), Last week, the Asian Human Rights Commission issued three appeals on cases of concern from Burma which illustrate the "un-rule of law" that pervades[…]
