Trader’s bomber sentenced to life in jail
Saw Myint Lwin has been convicted of planting and detonating a bomb at the Trader’s Hotel in Rangoon in October 2013.
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88 Gen leader Hla Myo Naung, passes away, aged 47
Prominent pro-democracy activist and 88 Generation Peace and Open Society member Hla Myo Naung passed away on 28 November in Rangoon.
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NGOs say ethnic areas have no ‘virgin lands’
A coalition of ethnic NGOs says the draft National Land Use Policy is flawed because it overlooks traditional shifting agricultural practices in Burma.
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Suu Kyi writes to Par Gyi’s widow
Aung San Suu Kyi has sent a condolence letter to the widow of Par Gyi, a journalist recently killed by the Burmese military while covering armed conflict in Mon State.
UN Rapporteur: ‘Backtracking’ could undermine Burma’s reforms
UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee has expressed concern about “possible signs of backtracking” that could undermine Burma’s reform process, according to a UN press statement released yesterday.
Jailed Kanbalu farmers face additional charges
Eight farmers jailed for staging a plough protest on military-confiscated land in Sagaing Division’s Kanbalu Township are now facing additional charges for trespassing.
