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    Tagged: IDP camps

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Aid workers concerned over ambitious plan to close IDP camps

    The Burmese government is drawing up plans to shutter displacement camps across the country, but aid workers say food rations and sustainable security should be first on the priority list.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    President appoints body to implement Annan Commission recommendations

    The 15-member committee will oversee a host of measures, including those related to rule of law, economic development, the closure of IDP camps, and citizenship issues.

    Aid Kachin Lead Story News

    88 Generation barred from delivering rice to IDPs

    According to activist Nilar Thein, a truck carrying 100 sacks of rice was prevented from entering a camp in Sadone Township, Kachin State.

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    Karen Lead Story News Refugees

    International aid to Karen IDP camp to end in 60 days

    Although the cessation of international aid had been projected 18 months ago, the KNU has appealed for international groups to continue funding until peace prevails in the region.

    Education Kachin Lead Story News

    Suu Kyi pledges schooling for children from Kachin IDPs camps

    “The state counsellor told me that every child has a right to education,” said KBC’s Reverend Samson Hkalam.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Burma army on high alert in Arakan as Buddhist villagers flee

    Tensions high after a recent spate of killings. Arakanese Buddhists fear fresh attacks by Rohingya insurgents.

    Arakan Lead Story News

    Kaman Muslims struggle to fit in

    One Kaman man said that more than 1,000 men holding swords surrounded his village in 2012. But he escaped the mob, hiding in a pigsty owned by Arakanese Buddhist friends.

    Karen Lead Story News Refugees

    Karen IDPs voice fears of returning home

    IDPs at E Htu Hta camp are calling for the withdrawal of Burmese military forces from the area, as well as a campaign to clear landmines.

    Aid Lead Story News

    Insurgents use IDPs as human shields, army chief tells ICRC

    “Insurgents have opened their own so-called IDP camps, where they use the local people as human shields,” said Min Aung Hlaing.

    Aid Lead Story News

    Red Cross president urges Burma to grant access to aid workers

    “We would like to have access to all the people in need in order to do proper assessments, to help ease according to needs,” Peter Maurer said.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Hundreds protest Rohingya ID cards in Arakan

    Protestors call for the arrest of local immigration chief for issuing national ID cards to 53 Rohingyas.

    Interview Lead Story News

    Interview: ‘They don’t know it’s not OK to beat a woman’

    Representatives of the United Nations Population Fund speak to DVB about efforts to address gender-based violence in Burma.

    Conflict IDPs Lead Story News

    As aid dwindles, Kachin IDPs wait for peace

    Some 40,000 displaced Kachins have now spent five years in camps in remote, KIA-controlled mountains, where humanitarian aid deliveries have dwindled.

    IDPs Lead Story News

    Strong winds destroy hundreds of homes in Kachin IDP camps

    Hundreds of war-displaced Kachin civilians are now without shelter after strong winds inflicted heavy damage to three IDP camps.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    UN sees steady decline in number of displaced Rohingya

    According to the UN refugee agency, around 25,000 Rohingya Muslims in Arakan State have returned to their communities in the past year.

    On the edge of genocide video

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Video

    On the edge of genocide

    While 140,000 Rohingya IDPs in Arakan State face an uncertain future, one man fights to preserve their past.

    Aussies taking part in the challenge are only allowed to eat the average rations of a Burmese refugee. (PHOTO: Jade Horrobin).

    Human Interest Lead Story News Refugees

    Aussie activists spend a week as refugees

    While most Australians were happily tucking into bacon and eggs on Saturday morning, Jade Horrobin was finishing off the last of her week’s refugee rations.

    Contributor Human Rights Lead Story News

    Burma’s missing millions

    No one is asking why the most significant and extraordinary information to have come out of the country for decades, identifying 20 percent of Burma’s expected population is “Missing,” is disregarded.

    Kachin Lead Story News

    Over 120 homes in Kachin IDP camp relocated due to landslide

    More than 120 homes in Je Yang camp for IDPs in Burma’s Kachin State were relocated this weekend after a landslide killed five residents last Tuesday.

    Ethnic issues Human Rights Lead Story News

    UN rights official arrives in war-torn northern Burma

    The newly-appointed United Nations’ rights rapporteur for Burma, Yanghee Lee, arrived in Kachin State on Monday to assess the conflict-torn region.

    Communal Violence Contributor Lead Story News

    Meikhtila: one year on and 8,000 remain in IDP camps

    Carlos Sardiña Galache returns to Meikhtila and finds that rehabilitation efforts have been slow. Thousands of Buddhists and Muslims remain in IDP camps, but even those whose homes remain standing are often too afraid to go home.

    Communal Violence Lead Story News Politics Rohingya

    Communal tensions running high in Sittwe

    Arakanese Buddhists call for local police be given the right to use lethal force and demand that the UN and other international relief groups be expelled from the area; meanwhile, dozens of local Rohingyas are moving to IDP camps in fear of more violence.

    Analysis Contributor Lead Story News

    The real story behind the Mansi military offensive

    Brang Hkangda of Kachinland News examines the recent military offensive in Mansi, Kachin state, and the capital interests that make peace a distant ideal.

    Arakan displaced running out of food video

    Ethnic issues Lead Story Video

    Arakan displaced running out of food

    Muslims and Buddhists who lost their homes and livelihoods due to conflict in Burma’s Arakan state, are quickly running out of food, the World Food Programme warns.

    Rohingya camps “more like prisons” says UN video

    Video

    Rohingya camps “more like prisons” says UN

    The United Nations Human Rights envoy invited journalists to Rangoon’s international airport on Saturday to warn the government and the rest of the world that continuing human rights abuses could[…]

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