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    Tagged: student protests

    Education Lead Story News

    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.

    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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    Lead Story News

    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.

    Lead Story News

    More jailed students hospitalised

    Four education activists jailed in central Burma since March have been transferred to hospital in Rangoon.

    Lead Story News Students

    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.

    Yadana Su Po Khine, also known as Po Po, who was arrested on 8 April (Photo: DVB)

    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.

    Lead Story News Protest

    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.

    tudent protests in Pegu on 16 February 2Students protesting the National Education Law in Pegu on 16 February 2015. (PHOTO: DVB)015. (PHOTO: DVB)

    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.

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    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.

    Lead Story News Politics

    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.

    Activist Phyo Phyo Aung has been awarded the 2015 Citizens of Burma Award. (PHOTO: DVB).

    Education Lead Story News

    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.

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    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.

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