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Curfew lifted in Mandalay, but businesses still suffering
On Monday, a curfew in Mandalay was lifted after 39 days in effect, but business as usual has not been restored in the central Burmese city.
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President’s Office claims Facebook will help monitor hate speech
A President Office’s official claimed on Wednesday that the government has reached an agreement with Facebook to monitor hate speech.
Communal Violence Lead Story Mandalay Division News
Curfew in place after deadly riots in Mandalay
A curfew from 9pm to 5am has been imposed on the residents of six townships in Mandalay Division following two nights of riots involving Buddhists and Muslims.
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14 Rohingyas sentenced for killing Buddhists in Indonesia
An Indonesian court jails 14 Muslim Rohingya men from Burma for nine months each for bludgeoning eight Buddhists from their country to death in an Indonesian detention centre.
DVB Debate Lead Story Society Video
How can Burma halt the spread of religious violence?
In the final episode of the season, DVB Debate discusses how to end religious violence.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Video
Sandoway: latest victim of communal chaos
Security forces have contained the fresh bout of deadly violence in Arakan state’s Sandoway district.
Living in Limbo
Many displaced residents of the Meikhtila violence last March feel as though they have been forgotten.
Ye Htut on Wirathu, Buddhist nationalism and religious freedom in Burma
Following the publication of the July issue of Time that features notorious nationalist monk Wirathu on the cover along with the headline: ‘The Face of Buddhist terror”, Burma’s government says[…]
