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    Tagged: monks

    Human Rights Lead Story News

    For Gambira, another long-awaited release

    The former monk Ashin Gambira, a leading figure in the 2007 Saffron Revolution, stepped out of prison today after serving what will hopefully be his last sentence.

    Lead Story News Shan

    Shan monks injured by landmine

    A Buddhist monk and a young novice were injured in a mine explosion in Mongnawng, Shan State, on Monday evening.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Pro-nationalist sentiment dismissed on election day

    The NLD’s landslide victory over the USDP is seen to many as a dismissal of the anti-Mulism rhetoric that was employed by Ma-Ba-Tha during the election.

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    DVB Debate: How to solve the boat crisis? video

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    DVB Debate: How to solve the boat crisis?

    On this special episode of DVB Debate, the panel discusses Burma’s role in the regional migrant crisis.

    Htin Linn Ooo, pictured on his way to trial in 2015. (PHOTO: DVB)

    Human Rights Lead Story News Religion

    Htin Lin Oo sentenced to two years with labour

    The former NLD member has been convicted for defaming religion after criticising the nationalist policies of the Ma-Ba-Tha in October last year.

    Crime Lead Story News Religion

    Buddhist abbot recovering after being shot four times

    A Buddhist abbot, Sayadaw Khaemika, is recovering after being shot four times.

    Lead Story News Protest Religion

    Monks decry govt lies over Letpadan

    Government accounts of promises and apologies are false, say monks who were detained following Leptadan fracas.

    Education Lead Story News Politics Protest

    12 Letpadan students released from prison

    Some of those detained in the Letpadan protest crackdown are freed in Tharawaddy, as more student accounts of the violence emerge.

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    Culture Lead Story News Religion

    Tabaung full moon celebrations in Tavoy

    Devotees meet in Tenasserim Division to celebrate the Buddhist festival.

    Education Lead Story News Protest

    Students negotiate safe passage into Taungtha

    Roadblock is removed after students negotiate with senior education officials, agreeing to a meeting in Naypyidaw on Wednesday.

    Burma Law Lead Story News Religion

    Htin Lin Oo makes apology to Buddhist hard-liners

    Former NLD member apologises to monks after standing accused of defamation after making comments about the Ma-Ba-Tha.

    Environment Land Lead Story Natural resources News

    Latpadaung mine ‘must be halted’ pending EIA, says Amnesty

    Two years after a brutal police crackdown against protesters at the Latpadaung copper mine site, Amnesty Int’l has issued a press release highlighting ongoing problems with the project.

    DVB Roadshow: The mystery of the Kyatgu caves video

    Karenni Lead Story Video

    DVB Roadshow: The mystery of the Kyatgu caves

    On the second episode of DVB’s Doh Pyay Doh Myay Roadshow, the team explores a mountain cave in Karenni State, feared by locals to be haunted.

    Magwe monks march in support of race protection laws video

    Law Lead Story News Religion

    Magwe monks march in support of race protection laws

    Buddhist nationalists in Magwe division have become the latest to march in support of the controversial Interfaith Marriage Law.

    Monks helped defuse riot, not enflame it: ABMU video

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    Monks helped defuse riot, not enflame it: ABMU

    The All Burma Monks’ Union say Buddhist monks at the scene of riots in Mandalay on Tuesday night had helped diffuse the situation, not enflame it.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Mahasantisukha monks released on bail

    Five disrobed monks from Rangoon’s Mahasantisukha Monastery have been released on 20 million kyat bail each from Tamwe Township Court on Friday afternoon after facing a hearing on charges of defaming religion.

    Lead Story News

    Monasteries in Naypyidaw sued for illegal land use

    More than 20 monasteries have been sued by Naypyidaw Council Ministry of Religious Affairs for refusing to relocate after property was deemed forest land by authorities.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Shan NGO blasts ‘militia monks’

    Community leader says Red Shan monks in photo are ‘temporary’ monks but that It is wholly inappropriate for Buddhist men of the cloth to participate in militia training.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    NLD cancels literary event after pressure over Muslim speakers

    Nationalist monks forced the abandonment of an NLD-organised literary festival in Rangoon on Wednesday, unhappy with Muslim speakers on the bill.

    Brothers in alms video

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    Brothers in alms

    On the sixth anniversary of the Saffron Revolution, monks call on the government for an official apology.

    Police arrest villagers during pre-dawn raid on monastery in Monywa video

    Lead Story News Politics Video

    Police arrest villagers during pre-dawn raid on monastery in Monywa

    Officers from the police force’s special intelligence department arrested and beat locals from a village near the controversial Latpaduang copper mine in Monyway district during a pre-dawn raid on a Buddhist monastery

    Animal lovers fight to keep dogs off the menu video

    Lead Story Video

    Animal lovers fight to keep dogs off the menu

    In Burma, there are millions of stray dogs and entrepreneurial citizens have taken notice. Across the country’s northern border, an individual dog is worth US$ 15 dollars in China – and the buyers are usually from restaurants

    News Politics

    Rangoon police arrest Bangladeshi nationals for ‘defaming’ Buddhism

    Two Bangladeshi nationals were arrested and hit with charges for defaming the Buddhist religion in Rangoon on Tuesday after they were caught disguising themselves as monks

    Monks protest Bodhgaya blasts video

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    Monks protest Bodhgaya blasts

    Hundreds of monks from all over Southeast Asia, Bangladesh and Nepal demonstrated in front of the United Nations building in Bangkok on Wednesday, against bomb blasts at the Mahabodhi Temple[…]

    Analysis

    Monks and misogyny

    By pushing for a law that would effectively ban interfaith marriages in Burma, Buddhist monks have exposed a poisonous mix of structural racism and misogyny at the heart of the Sangha

    News Politics

    Monk threatens politicians over proposed interfaith marriage ban

    A prominent monk and outspoken advocate of Burma’s growing anti-Muslim movement has warned politicians to back a proposed ban on interfaith marriages or risk losing votes

    Activist encourages monks to embrace kindness video

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    Activist encourages monks to embrace kindness

    A prominent democracy advocate urged Buddhist leaders not to use religion as a context for escalating tension in society.

    Monks promote law restricting interfaith marriages video

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    Monks promote law restricting interfaith marriages

    About 200 senior Buddhist monks met at a monastery in Rangoon to discuss ways to end violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma. The monks drafted a law that proposed[…]

    News Politics

    Monks protest in Shan capital after officials demolish monastery

    Monks marched through the streets of Taunggyi in protest after authorities demolished a Buddhist monastery that had allegedly been built on government land

    Features

    Who are the monks behind Burma’s ‘969’ campaign?

    A Buddhist campaign, known as “969”, is being used to promote religious nationalism in Burma and has been linked to a recent surge in anti-Muslim violence. But who are the monks behind the movement?

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