The recently imprisoned Burmese activist Naw Ohn Hla has been transferred to a new jail with better health care facilities, fuelling speculation that she has been refusing food.
Former members from the All-Burma Students’ Democratic Front are returning to Rangoon to commemorate the mass demonstrations against Ne Win’s dictatorship that were violently suppressed by the military 25 years ago this month
Locals near Inle Lake have gone into hiding after officials issued warrants for their arrests following a demonstration where the farmers ploughed land that had been confiscated
Monks marched through the streets of Taunggyi in protest after authorities demolished a Buddhist monastery that had allegedly been built on government land
Ten Arakanese activists, who face up to one year in jail for staging an “unlawful” protest against a controversial China-backed oil and gas pipeline, appeared in court in western Burma on Monday
Aung San Suu Kyi confronted hundreds of disgruntled residents in central Burma on Thursday, as anger continues to mount over her failure to oppose the development of a controversial Chinese-backed mine nearby
The Burmese government has questioned the findings of a new report, which alleged that riot police used white phosphorous in a brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters last year, and accused its authors of attempting to “influence” the official investigation
Local villagers and activists resumed their demonstrations against a Chinese-backed copper mine in central Burma on Wednesday, as anger continues to grow over the government’s failure to address community grievances over the project
Activists who were charged for protesting against the police’s brutal crackdown on rally sites at Latpadaung Copper Mining Project were sentenced to one month’s imprisonment but walked free today
Four Burmese gold mine workers, who were arrested while leading a march to Naypidaw in November, were sentenced to six months imprisonment on Thursday for protesting without permission and instigating public unrest
Government authorities in Sagain division’s Monywa district have warned locals to shut down new rally camps set up last week to protest against the expansion of the Latpadaung Copper Mining Project
Monks and student activists in Mandalay have called for the release of four protesters who were arrested and hit with charges after participating in demonstrations last week
Activists who were arrested after staging a rally calling for the suspension of the controversial Latpadaung copper mine were released today on bail
Three US State Department officials met with Buddhist monks at Mandalay’s Masoeyein Monastery yesterday to discuss sectarian tensions in Arakan state and last week’s crackdown at the Latpadaung Copper Mine
The protestors from Moehti Moemi gold mine agreed on Monday to hold formal talks with the Mining Ministry following the arrest of four fellow miners during a march from Rangoon to Naypyidaw on Friday
Protesters marched through Rangoon on Monday to urge the government to stop the Latpadaung Copper Mining project – a joint venture between China’s Wangbao and military-owned Union of Myanmar Economic[…]
The lawyer who staged a one-man demonstration in Prome on 18 October along with two youths who were said to have assisted him have been charged for protesting without permits
About 100 people in Tenasserim division’s Kawthaung town protested in the streets on Tuesday morning against a coal power plant that recently became operational
Activists who joined the widespread protests calling for sufficient electricity supplies in Mandalay in May have been charged by the city’s police for demonstrating without official permission
Locals in Mandalay division’s Maddaya township near Sale village who are engaged in a land dispute with the Burmese Army’s Air Defence Battalion 1004 have been sued by for trespassing by the group’s commander
Renewed scrutiny of Burma’s vaunted peaceful assembly bill is underway in the wake of charges leveled against ethnic Kachin protestors this week
A stand-off between local farmers in Mandalay division’s Thabeikkyin township and a private mining company is intensifying after rumours are circulating that gold deposits reside in the area
[scrollGallery id=27 – insert relevant ID number for gallery here] Villagers protested against the seizing of more than 7,800 acres of farmland for a copper mine project in Sarlingyi Township[…]
Nine out of 12 female farmers, arrested for protesting against a copper mine in Monywa in Sagaing Division earlier this week, claim to have been beaten by the police before being released from jail on Tuesday
Information Minister Kyaw Hsan has been forced to postpone the formation of Burma’s new interim press council after being deluged with criticism from media organisations and journalists
About 300 farmers from Rangoon’s Dagon Seikkan township demonstrated last Friday over land grabbing as an official in Pegu division warned farmers to stop ploughing confiscated land
Exiled Burmese democracy activists in Japan demonstrated on Wednesday in a rare show of support of President Thein Sein concerning his plan to expel the Rohingya minority group to third countries
About a dozen Arakanese villagers in Arakan state’s Kyauktaw township were detained by security forces on Saturday, which prompted a protest from locals demanding their release
