No faith in new VP, say jailed students
Students jailed after police violence in 2015 say the election of a military hardliner as Burma’s new vice president could spell a revision to the country’s political reforms.
Burma’s human rights commission fights for government respect
Myanmar Human Rights Commission member Khine Khine Win discusses the body’s limitations and what she believes are its achievements.
No end in sight for trial of 14 Shwepyithar workers
The case of 14 garment factory workers arrested when a strike was forcibly put down by plain clothed vigilantes in March continues to languish in court.
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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
Anti-vigilante white armband campaign grows
Activists objecting to the use of government-hired thugs in student protests continue to take to the streets.
Education Lead Story News Protest
Students issue white armbands to protest violence
There are plans to take the campaign against the use of vigilante thugs nationwide.
Burma Lead Story News Politics Protest
International voices decry police crackdown on students
International rights groups condemn the violent attacks on protestors, and denounce the police for drafting in pro-government thugs to assist them.
Education Lead Story News Protest
New generation of pro-government thugs
The thugs assisting police in two protest crackdowns this week resemble the notorious Swan Arr Shin, though authorities deny the group’s existence.
Lead Story News Protest Rangoon
Rangoon students, activists released
All eight activists – five students and three 88 Generation members – who were detained at Thursday’s crackdown in Rangoon, have now been released.
