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    Pantanaw farmers rally against land grabs

    Farmers from Pantanaw Township rally, demanding the return of land they claim to have been confiscated in 1999-2000. (PHOTO: DVB).

    Local farmers from the Irrawaddy delta staged a protest rally on Friday, demanding the return of land they claim was confiscated in 1999-2000.

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    DVB Debate: Empowering disabled people

    DVB Debate looks at the place of persons with a disability in Burmese society, and discusses what must change to ensure equal opportunities for all.

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    Trapped Burmese migrant workers strike in Chiang Mai

    Burmese migrant workers say they are being held captive and forced to work for half the minimum wage.

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    US calls on Burma to intervene in Rohingya crisis

    US ambassador to the UN Samantha Power told the UN Security Council on Thursday that Burma must do more to end Rohingya persecution.

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    Burmese army tortured Shan civilians, says rights group

    The Shan Human Right Foundation has accused the Burmese army of an attack on 11 villages in Shan State, in which civilians were tortured.

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    Telecom investments threaten privacy rights in Burma

    World Bank support for the fledgling Burmese telecommunications market may well exacerbate civil society concerns.

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    Activists slam Association Law that would ‘criminalise’ dissent

    Human Rights Watch says Association Law would force NGOs to register with a military-backed body that can arbitrarily reject applications, leaving activists vulnerable to arrest and prosecution.

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    ‘Legal’ Burmese migrants still face exploitation in Thailand

    Burmese migrants, who have arrived ‘legally’ in Thailand under a bilateral agreement between the two countries, continue to be systematically exploited and abused by their Thai employers, activists have warned

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    Burma appoints labour official for Thailand

    Labour Administration Department’s director Chit Shein said the newly appointed official has already begun meeting with migrant worker groups in the country to study their situations

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    Scott Leckie: ‘Burma’s absence of law’

    Few countries’ legal systems are as corrupt and opaque as Burma’s. We spoke to Scott Leckie, director of Displacement Solutions, about their new book on housing, land and property rights[…]

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    Burma low in Global Peace Index

    June 3, 2009 (DVB), Home to the world's longest running civil war and crippled by restrictions on political liberties, Burma has ranked 126 out 144 countries in the 2009 Global[…]

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    Workers sacked after speaking to foreign media

    Apr 27, 2009 (DVB), Ten garment factory workers in Bago division were sacked last week without reason after speaking to foreign media about mistreatment in the workplace. The workers at[…]

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    Japan should ‘reinvigorate’ Burma policy

    Apr 11, 2009 (DVB), Japan should make human rights a foreign policy priority and focus attention on abuses by the Burmese regime, said a leading human rights organization in an[…]

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    Migrant workers denied medical care

    Apr 1, 2009 (DVB), Two Thai-based organisations have urged the United Nations to provide assistance to Burmese migrant workers in Thailand whose labour rights were being denied by their employers.[…]

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    Garment factory workers claim abuse of labour rights

    Mar 19, 2009 (DVB), Underage workers at a garment factory in Rangoon's New Dagon township have complained of labour rights abuses by their employers after being forced to work unpaid[…]

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    Police deployed to quell activity on Burma Human Rights Day

    Mar 16, 2009 (DVB), Security was tight in Burma's former capital and economic hub Rangoon last Friday as overseas Burmese democracy activists marked the 21-year anniversary of the country's Human[…]

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    Activist Su Su Nway’s sentence reduced

    Feb 20, 2009 (DVB), The prison sentence of labour rights activist Su Su Nway, who was jailed for 12 and a half years in November 2008, has been reduced by[…]

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    Factory worker jailed for 19 years after ILO report

    Dec 9, 2008 (DVB), Kyi Myint Taing township court in Rangoon yesterday sentenced three people to between five and 19 years after they reported a labour rights issue to the[…]

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    Rights activists given life sentences

    Dec 1, 2008 (DVB), Northern Rangoon Provincial court handed down life sentences to Human Rights Defendants and Protectors network member Myint Aye and two of his colleagues on Friday. Judge[…]

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    UN envoy calls for respect for basic rights

    Oct 10, 2008 (DVB), United Nations rights envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana has set out four basic requirements that need to be met by the Burmese government if the 2010 elections[…]

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    Bo Kyi to receive human rights award

    Sep 17, 2008 (DVB), Bo Kyi of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners is one of five people to receive a 2008 Human Rights Defenders Award from international rights group[…]

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    Activists commemorate 8888 despite restrictions

    Aug 7, 2008 (DVB), Labour and youth activists have found ways to commemorate the events of 8 August 1988 in spite of tight security and the government's efforts to curb[…]

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    Activists stress need for free access for rights envoy

    Aug 5, 2008 (DVB), Rights activists have stressed the need for the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Burma to be given the freedom to work independently during[…]

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    Burma opposes investigative powers for rights body

    Jul 24, 2008 (AP)

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    Activists urge action after ASEAN charter ratification

    Jul 23, 2008 (DVB), Burmese rights activists have welcomed Burma's ratification of the ASEAN charter but urged that public education and an enforcement mechanism are key to the protection of[…]

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    Rights activist hospitalised after attack

    Mar 31, 2008 (DVB), Human Rights Defenders and Promoters network member U Myint Aye is being treated for a head wound at Rangoon Neurological Hospital after being attacked on Thursday.[…]

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    UN rapporteur dismayed by ongoing rights abuses

    Feb 6, 2008 (DVB), United Nations special rapporteur Paulo Sergio Pinheiro expressed his "dismay" at the Burmese regime's continued detention and sentencing of activists, in a statement issued yesterday. Pinheiro[…]

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    Taunggok NLD member dies at 51

    Feb 1, 2008 (DVB), Taunggok township National League for Democracy communications committee member and human rights activist U Aung Than Htun passed away on 29 January at the age of[…]

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    ASEAN discusses framework for regional rights body

    Jan 30, 2008 (AFP), Human rights commissioners from four Southeast Asian nations began a two-day meeting in Manila Tuesday to try to establish the framework for a regional human rights[…]

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    Japan offers aid and rights reminder to Mekong nations

    Jan 17, 2008 (AFP), Japan on Wednesday offered fresh aid to Mekong River nations while issuing a gentle reminder on human rights as it sought to counter China’s growing influence[…]

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