Conflict Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story News
Locals in the Kachin town of Laiza fear renewed clashes between government and ethnic forces, after an artillery shell landed close to a boarding school.
Analysis Lead Story News Protest
Land disputes, industrial action, and student activists: Bo Gyi of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners on the right to protest.
Labour Issues Lead Story News Rangoon
Following violence at the scene of a strike in Rangoon, police say they were following a court order to detain protest leaders.
Pro-union lecturers at Rangoon University are being transferred to different institutions across Burma in what the professors say is a deliberate move to undercut unions
Leading members of the University Lecturers’ Union in Mandalay have been transferred to several institutions across Burma in what they claim is a deliberate move by education officials who dislike unions
Labour group demands the easing of restrictions surrounding trade union formation in Burma as strikes continue in Rangoon
Feb 20, 2008 (DVB), The PaO National Liberation Organisation launched strikes on two locations in southern Shan State on Sunday, and claimed more attacks would follow if the government fails[…]
