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    Curfew lifted in Mandalay, but businesses still suffering

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    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.

    Communal Violence Lead Story Mandalay Division News

    Mandalay curfew to be lifted

    Mandalay regional government said it will imminently lift a curfew that was imposed in seven townships across the city at the beginning of July following deadly communal mob violence.

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    UN rapporteur meets peace-keepers in Mandalay

    UN Special Rapporteur has been presented with findings from an inquiry into Mandalay’s communal violence, as she visited the city on Wednesday.

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    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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    Police line streets of Mandalay after fresh riots video

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    Police line streets of Mandalay after fresh riots

    Police officers are lining the streets of Mandalay after violence between Buddhists and Muslims broke out on Tuesday night.

    Govt to protect NGOs after ‘sluggish’ response to Sittwe riots video

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    Govt to protect NGOs after ‘sluggish’ response to Sittwe riots

    Burma vows to protect aid workers in Arakan State after a briefing by the Arakan Commission concluded the government’s response to the violence was “sluggish”.

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    EU assists training of Burma’s Police Force

    Officers from the EU are training Burmese police officers in crowd control management, under an EU initiative to improve the standards of the Burmese Police Force.

    Rakhine Investigation Commission denies Rohingya massacre video

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    Rakhine Investigation Commission denies Rohingya massacre

    The Rakhine Investigation Commission says that evidence proves that a policeman was killed in Maungdaw Township, but denied the mass killing of Muslim Rohingyas

    How can Burma halt the spread of religious violence? video

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    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

    Burma minister warns Arakan NGOs against aid ‘bias’

    The Burmese government has warned international NGOs and the UN to distribute aid “fairly” in Arakan state, following the latest eruption of Muslim-Buddhist clashes

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    Anti-Muslim violence threatens Burma’s reforms: UN

    Violence against the Rohingya minority in Arakan state has fuelled a wider campaign of anti-Muslim hostility in Burma which threatens to derail the country’s fragile democratic reform process, a UN envoy has warned.

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    UN warns of ‘profound crisis’ in Arakan state

    The Burmese government is responsible for fuelling a “profound crisis” in Arakan state, where several bouts of Muslim-Buddhist clashes have claimed hundreds of lives since last year, according to a new UN report.

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    Burma minister slams govt response to Sandoway violence

    A local government minister has blasted Burma’s “weak” response to the recent Muslim-Buddhist clashes in Arakan’s Sandoway township, which claimed seven lives.

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    Police detain 78 for Sandoway riots as death toll hits seven

    The Burmese security forces have detained 78 people in connection with the recent spate of Muslim-Buddhist clashes in Arakan’s Sandoway township, state media announced on Monday.

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    President Thein Sein blames ‘outsiders’ for Sandoway riots

    President Thein Sein has accused “outsiders” of orchestrating this week’s outbreak of communal violence in Sandoway in western Burma, suggesting it was a premeditated attack intended to undermine his visit to the region.

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    Sandoway: latest victim of communal chaos

    Security forces have contained the fresh bout of deadly violence in Arakan state’s Sandoway district.

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    Five dead in Sandoway riots as uneasy calm restored

    At least five people have been killed and dozens of homes burned to the ground in Arakan state’s Sandoway township, although authorities on Wednesday claimed to have restored calm.

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    Living in Limbo

    Many displaced residents of the Meikhtila violence last March feel as though they have been forgotten.

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    Thousands of Meikhtila displaced remain homeless

    Some 3,000 mostly Muslim residents from Mekhtila remain homeless nearly six months after their homes were burnt to the ground in a deadly bout of religious violence, as a dispute over resettlement plans continues to escalate.

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    Muslim homes left smouldering after night of mob violence in Htan Gone

    Hundreds of Muslims have been made homeless in Sagaing Division after rioters looted and burned homes, shops and at least one mosque in the village of Htan Gone on Saturday night.

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    Quintana talks to DVB

    The UN special rapporteur for human rights in Burma spoke to DVB about his latest mission to Burma, the attack of his convoy in Meikhtila and further reconciliation between Muslim and Buddhist communities.

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    Convoy attack offers UN envoy insight into residents’ fears

    The UN’s human rights envoy to Burma has slammed the government for failing to protect him during a tour of riot-hit Meikhtila.

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    Tension boils over in Arakan state

    Attempts to bring stability to Burma’s restive Arakan state could be disintegrating after police opened fire on Rohingya Muslims last week, as tensions in the region continue to rise following[…]

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    Lawyer representing Rohingya accuses RNDP party secretary of harassment

    Defence attorney providing legal counsel to a group of Rohingya in Arakan state’s Sittwe claims the general-secretary of the Rakine Nationalities Development Party (RNDP) has threatened him for representing members from the Muslim minority.

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    Burma arrests six Buddhists for role in Muslim massacre

    Burmese authorities have arrested six people for their suspected role in the massacre of 10 Muslim pilgrims in Arakan state last year, whose deaths sparked a series of vicious ethno-religious riots that left scores dead

    Analysis

    The futile and violent search for ‘authenticity’ in Burma

    Growing anxiety over resource distribution in a changing Burma can help explain sectarian violence

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    Mob ignores curfew, sets fire to Muslim home in Arakan state

    Another Muslim home in Sandoway (Thandwe) was set alight by a mob on Monday – defying the curfew imposed by local authorities during the latest episode of anti-Muslim violence

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