Two steps forward, one step back
Lawmakers and activists assess the performance of the current parliament, as the NLD prepares to take the reigns in 2016.
Tagged: National Education Law
Election Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of arrest
OPINION: Police were overwhelmingly responsible for the violent confrontation with student protestors in Letpadan, writes researcher Matthew Bugher.
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Shouting match derails Letpadan student trial
A hearing for student activists was cut short when the defence lawyer engaged in a shouting match with the judge, with the judge then suspending proceedings.
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Student activist Po Po released on bail
Student activist Yadana Su Po Khine, also known as Po Po, has been released on bail by a court in Rangoon.
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Students union leader vows to reignite protests
CDEM’s Aung Nay Paing vows to reignite education law protests following a parliamentary decision to amend the law without incorporating students’ changes.
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Activists seek bail at Tharawaddy court hearing
Around 70 activists appeared in Tharawaddy district court on 16 June for their seventh hearing.
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Education Law committee proposes amendments
Amendments have been proposed to the controversial National Education Law, which prompted fierce protests in March that saw over 100 people jailed.
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Hearing postponed after activist collapses at court
A hearing for education law protestors in Pegu Division is postponed after a defendant coughs up blood and collapses as he is being brought into court.
Phyo Phyo Aung wins Citizen of Burma Award
Activist Phyo Phyo Aung has taken the 2015 Citizen of Burma Award, with special awards also going to Dr Nanda Win and Zaw Zaw for their respective projects.
Tensions boil over as students brought to Tharawaddy court
Close to 70 jailed students were brought to the court for their sixth pre-trail hearing on Tuesday, facing five charges stemming from a March education reform rally which ended in chaos.
Education minister talks Old School
More than 7,800 school buildings in the country are unsafe or in an unsightly state, Burma’s Deputy Education Minister Thant Shin tells parliament.
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High-school student released on bail from Tharawaddy trial
Sixteen-year-old Aung Min Khine, detained in the 10 March Letpadan crackdown, was granted bail in a court hearing on Tuesday due to his status as a minor.
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Education activists appear in Tharawaddy court
“We have been brought before the court many times, but our case is yet to be heard,” said detained student Yan Paing Soe.
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Students’ trial moved to Tharawaddy prison
Seventy education reform activists appeared in Letpadan court on Thursday for their third-pre trial hearing.
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Protest marks one month since Letpadan crackdown
Supporters gather in Mandalay and Pegu, while activists appear in Myingyan court for the first time.
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‘Fugitive’ ABFSU member taken to Insein prison after police arrest
A warrant for the arrest of nineteen-year-old Yadana Su Po Khine, also known as Po Po, was issued last month.
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Key student demands omitted as lower house passes amendment bill
Burma’s parliamentary lower house has passed a bill amending the National Education Law, omitting several of the core demands of education activists.
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‘Determined to continue our struggle’: Letpadan accused appear in court
Around 70 education activists who were arrested during the police crackdown on protestors in Letpadan arrive in court for their third pre-trial hearing.
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Student protests: calls for ‘open and transparent’ trial
The trial of student activists being prosecuted for their part in an education reform protest in Letpadan is being transferred to a court in Tharawaddy.
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‘Fugitive’ education activist in Letpadan police custody
A student activist, declared a fugitive by a Burmese court last week, is being held by police in Letpadan.
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Seven arrested as student protests reignite across Burma
Burmese students and activists take to the streets again, calling for the release of fellow protestors and denouncing the watered-down amendments bill.
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Letpadan students appear in court
Student activists appear in court in Letpadan, the day after twenty people were released from Tharawaddy prison.
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Graffiti protestors arrested in Mandalay
Police caught two men red-handed painting slogans on a wall, calling for the release of all students detained during recent protests.
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NNER: Govt abused its power, is ‘haunted’ by history
Leading members of the education activist group criticise the government’s approach to education reform as they attend a parliamentary briefing session.
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Students issue white armbands to protest violence
There are plans to take the campaign against the use of vigilante thugs nationwide.
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Monks decry govt lies over Letpadan
Government accounts of promises and apologies are false, say monks who were detained following Leptadan fracas.
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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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Student groups: Who will attend Nat Edu parliament briefing?
After a week of violence and protest, the original issue at the core of the dissent – the National Education Law – is back on the agenda.
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Burmese react to ‘brutal’ suppression of student protest
Key Burmese figures react to the violent scenes from Letpadan on Tuesday.
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VDO: 127 students arrested in Letpadan chaos
Large numbers of protestors are arrested, as an image of confusion and violence in Letpadan emerges.
