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    Tagged: protestors

    Lead Story News Protest

    Protestors rally in support of disabled administrator

    The protestors were angered by a decision that deemed the elected local administrator “unfit” for the job because of his physical disabilities.

    Lead Story News Politics

    49 activists arrested last month: AAPP

    Report says Burma currently holds 163 political prisoners, adding that 442 non-detained activists are awaiting trial, 49 of whom were charged in May.

    Lead Story Natural resources News Shan

    Shan mining protestors block trucks

    Around 30 trucks owned by a silica mining company had their route blocked as part of a protest against mining operations in Namhkam.

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    Education Lead Story Mandalay Division News

    Education Law protestors reach Myingyan

    Some 100 students marching over 600 km from Mandalay in central Burma to the former capital, Rangoon, arrived in the town of Myingyan on Sunday.

    Crime Lead Story News Sagaing

    Sagaing protestors say drug addicts need help

    “My husband died from drug addiction and it left me scared, angry and inconsolable,” said one protestor. “I get very upset seeing young people whose lives are dictated by their drug habit – it brings tears to my eyes.”

    Lead Story Natural resources News Sagaing

    Latpadaung activist Phyu Hnin Htwe walks free

    Phyu Hnin Htwe, an ABFSU member and student at Mandalay’s Yadanabon University, walked free from a Sagaing Division courthouse after kidnapping charges against her were dropped.

    Karen Land Lead Story News

    Hpa-an farmers march for return of seized lands

    More than a hundred farmers from nine villages in Hpa-an Township, Karen State, staged a rally on Monday demanding the return of lands they say were seized by the military many years ago.

    Constitution Law Lead Story News

    Pegu police prohibit constitution protest

    Activists in the Pegu Division town of Nyaunglebin have been denied permission to hold a protest calling for amendments to the 2008 constitution.

    Land Lead Story News Politics

    Pegu farmers injured in police crackdown

    Three farmers are injured in Pegu where police broke up a protest site of about 100 locals who had been demanding the return of farmland they say was confiscated by the army in 2000.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Burmese president pardons all remaining political prisoners

    The Burmese government will release more than 200 remaining political prisoners in keeping with a promise President Thein Sein made during a visit to Europe earlier this year.

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    Pardoned activists return to their cells

    Htin Kyaw and Aye Thein, two of the 41 jailed activists that were granted a presidential amnesty on 11 December, were back behind the bars within hours for remaining charges.

    Land Lead Story News Politics

    Michaungkan protestors agree to close rally camp for three months

    More than 200 villagers from Michaungkan in the eastern suburbs of Rangoon have agreed to close their rally camp after 17 days of protesting against a 1990 land confiscation by the Burmese military.

    Law Lead Story Natural resources News

    Copper mine protestors given one-month sentences in Rangoon

    Six activists who participated in a protest in Rangoon last year against the Latpadaung copper mine project were each sentenced to one month in prison with labour on Thursday by Kyimyindaing township court.

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    Latpadaung villagers mark anniversary of firebombing

    Around 150 villagers and Buddhist monks gather at Shwezigon Pagoda in Monywa to conduct a prayer ceremony to mark the anniversary, nearly one year ago, of the night riot police brutally firebombed peaceful protestors at a historical Buddhist site near the Latpadaung copper mine.

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

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    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

    News Politics

    Copper mine activists face prison for ‘insulting’ police

    Burmese authorities have issued arrest warrants against three local activists, who recently told reporters in central Burma that an emergency decree should be revoked

    News Politics

    Authorities order protestors at controversial mine to leave

    Protestors who are still camped out near a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine in central Burma were warned by the government on Friday morning to leave the area

    News Politics

    Authorities lock up protestors for filming demonstration

    Four shop owners in Kachin state have been arrested and hit with charges by officials for using a video camera at a protest last month

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    Student protestors face serious charges

    Dec 28, 2007 (DVB), Four students who were arrested in connection with the September demonstrations are to be charged with six offences which could result in over twelve years in[…]

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    Protestor's family to sue for wrongful arrest

    Dec 27, 2007 (DVB), The father of a protestor jailed in August has said he will file charges against Union Solidarity and Development Association and Swan Arr Shin members for[…]

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