ABFSU, NNER demand re-admission of expelled student activist
We firmly believe there should be no ‘double jeopardy’,” said Dr. Arkar Moe Thu, the chairperson of Dagon University Teachers Union.
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Education Lead Story Mandalay Division News
Mandalay student activists sentenced, sing protest songs in court
The four demanded that their handcuffs be removed during the hearing. When their demand was denied, they began singing political songs.
Education Lead Story Mandalay Division News
Education protestors appear in Mandalay court
The four students were detained for staging a protest against what they called “military-style oppression” within Burma’s education system.
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Anniversary of violent student protest crackdown at Latpadan
Away from the presidential nomination spotlight, 10 March also marks the one-year anniversary of the violent police crackdown on student protestors in Latpadan.
More jailed students hospitalised
Four education activists jailed in central Burma since March have been transferred to hospital in Rangoon.
Election Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of arrest
OPINION: Police were overwhelmingly responsible for the violent confrontation with student protestors in Letpadan, writes researcher Matthew Bugher.
Human Rights Lead Story News Protest
Weekly student trials expose govt’s iron grip on dissent
As election nears, rights groups say Burmese authorities are increasingly bringing cases against students, land rights campaigners and other activists,
Education Justice Lead Story News Pegu Division Protest Students
Shouting match derails Letpadan student trial
A hearing for student activists was cut short when the defence lawyer engaged in a shouting match with the judge, with the judge then suspending proceedings.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
The return of Swan Arr Shin, the govt’s enforcers
There are signs that the USDP’s thuggish enforcers may disrupt November’s election or threaten violence against pro-democracy supporters.
Education Lead Story News Protest Rangoon
Student activist Po Po released on bail
Student activist Yadana Su Po Khine, also known as Po Po, has been released on bail by a court in Rangoon.
Female activists sentenced for prayer session in Mandalay
Three leading political activists in Mandalay have each been sentenced to four months in prison for staging a peaceful protest without permission in March.
Education Lead Story News Protest
Students union leader vows to reignite protests
CDEM’s Aung Nay Paing vows to reignite education law protests following a parliamentary decision to amend the law without incorporating students’ changes.
Education Lead Story News Politics
Education Law committee proposes amendments
Amendments have been proposed to the controversial National Education Law, which prompted fierce protests in March that saw over 100 people jailed.
Education Lead Story News Protest
Hearing postponed after activist collapses at court
A hearing for education law protestors in Pegu Division is postponed after a defendant coughs up blood and collapses as he is being brought into court.
Arts Lead Story News Photos Protest
The art of protest
An art exhibition is currently being held in Rangoon to call for the release of detained student activists and other political prisoners.
49 activists arrested last month: AAPP
Report says Burma currently holds 163 political prisoners, adding that 442 non-detained activists are awaiting trial, 49 of whom were charged in May.
Phyo Phyo Aung wins Citizen of Burma Award
Activist Phyo Phyo Aung has taken the 2015 Citizen of Burma Award, with special awards also going to Dr Nanda Win and Zaw Zaw for their respective projects.
Education Lead Story Mandalay Division News Protest
Students apply for bail at Myingyan hearing
Six detainees appear in court charged with leading education law protests, while two others face trial for lowering the national flag.
Education Lead Story News Pegu Division Protest
Student protests: 13 denied bail
One activist faints at a pre-trial hearing at Tharawaddy court, allegedly from injuries sustained in the police crackdown in Letpadan on 10 March.
Education Lead Story News Protest
Teacher jailed for leading Irrawaddy protest ‘column’
Wai Yan Aung of Bassein Government Technical College, a leader of the Irrawaddy protest against the National Education Law, was jailed under Article 18.
Education Lead Story News Pegu Division Protest
Education activists appear in Tharawaddy court
“We have been brought before the court many times, but our case is yet to be heard,” said detained student Yan Paing Soe.
Education Lead Story News Protest
Doors closed on education protest showcase
A Rangoon photography exhibition displaying pictures of this year’s education protests has been cut short.
Education Lead Story News Parliament
Key student demands omitted as lower house passes amendment bill
Burma’s parliamentary lower house has passed a bill amending the National Education Law, omitting several of the core demands of education activists.
Education Justice Lead Story News
Student protests: calls for ‘open and transparent’ trial
The trial of student activists being prosecuted for their part in an education reform protest in Letpadan is being transferred to a court in Tharawaddy.
Education Lead Story News Protest
‘Fugitive’ education activist in Letpadan police custody
A student activist, declared a fugitive by a Burmese court last week, is being held by police in Letpadan.
Education Lead Story News Protest
Seven arrested as student protests reignite across Burma
Burmese students and activists take to the streets again, calling for the release of fellow protestors and denouncing the watered-down amendments bill.
Education Lead Story News Parliament
Upper house passes watered-down education bill
The upper house of parliament approves a bill amending the National Education Law; however it fell short of the demands laid down by student leaders.
Law Lead Story News Pegu Division Protest
Sixty-nine charged for ‘rioting’ in Letpadan
Sixty-nine people – 58 men and 11 women – were each charged in Letpadan court on five accounts, including rioting and disturbing public tranquillity.
Education Lead Story News Protest
Demonstrators call for release of all detained students
Protestors turned out in Mandalay and Rangoon over the weekend to call for the release of 100 student activists from Tharrawaddy Prison.
Education Lead Story Mandalay Division News Protest
Graffiti protestors arrested in Mandalay
Police caught two men red-handed painting slogans on a wall, calling for the release of all students detained during recent protests.
