Kachin Lead Story Logging News
Beijing has lodged a diplomatic protest after a Burmese court sentenced 153 Chinese nationals to life imprisonment for illegal logging in Kachin State.
Lead Story Media News Parliament
Observers of press freedom in Burma have slammed the government for implementing a total ban on members of the media from entering the country’s parliament.
Lead Story News Rangoon Religion
Amnesty International describes sentence as “ludicrous”, while International Commission of Jurists question its legal validity.
Burma Lead Story News Politics Protest
International rights groups condemn the violent attacks on protestors, and denounce the police for drafting in pro-government thugs to assist them.
Arakan Lead Story News Parliament
Proposed legislation is not in the national interest and risks further violence, says Sam Zarifi of the International Commission for Jurists.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics Religion
Following the Burmese government’s invitation for public opinion on a proposed Religious Conversion Law, 81 organisations from Burma and elsewhere have recommended that it be completely discarded.
Analysis Environment Lead Story News Politics
While the raw timber export ban is a step towards avoiding a regrettable transformation in one of Burma’s major industries, it may only work in tandem with more reforms that tackle the country’s deep-seated corruption.
