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    Tagged: ethnic rights

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    Chin State, marked by change, looks to hold on to its roots

    “At the age of 10, I got my tattoos,” says Ma Lha Sen.

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    Federalism on agenda at peace talks, says conference secretary

    UPDJC’s Sai Nyunt Lwin says the main focus of this next round of negotiations at the 21CPC should be about federalism.

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    400,000 Kachins overlooked by census: Khon Ja

    As many as 400,000 people in Kachin State could be excluded from the nationwide census that began on Sunday. DVB spke to Kachin activist Khon Ja about why so many are being overlooked, and how a miscount could affect ethnic rights.

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    ‘Too early to tell’: Col Hkun Okker on ceasefire talks

    DVB’s Aye Nai interviewed Col Hkun Okker, a member of the ethnic delegates’ Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) about the results of the meeting and the challenges of finding lasting peace in Burma.

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    US lauds Burma’s improving human rights record

    In its annual human rights report, the US State Department identified political prisoners, humanitarian access, and combatting corruption as areas where improvements had been made under the Thein Sein government.

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    NGOs say Burma’s military continues to abuse

    A new report by ND-Burma has revealed more than 100 cases of human rights violations committed by the Burmese military in the second half of 2013 including torture, rape, extra-judicial killing, land grabs, unlawful arrests and detentions, arbitrary taxation and forced labour.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process

    Ethnic rebels discuss nationwide ceasefire in Chiang Mai

    The Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT), made up of representatives from 14 ethnic armed groups, is sitting in Chiang Mai from 26 to 28 November to discuss proposals for a ceasefire after decades of conflict with Burmese government forces.

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    Karen language proposal gets green light in Tenasserim

    Representatives of the Karen National Union (KNU) met last week with members of the Tenasserim division government in Tavoy where they agreed that plans to teach ethnic languages in Karen schools should move ahead.

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    Kachin fighting intensifies

    In the last few weeks fighting in northern Kachin state has intensified. The Burmese army has admitted to using fighter jets to attack the rebels but maintains that it is[…]

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