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A Burmese national security advisor told diplomats in Copenhagen that a proposal to review the 1982 Citizenship Law, that effectively renders the Rohingya stateless, could not be implemented.
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The European Union and Canada have announced a new set of sanctions against seven members of the Burmese military, two of whom have been sacked for underperformance.
The ICC has issued Burma a 27 July deadline to respond to a request to exercise jurisdiction over the alleged crimes in Arakan State.
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Aung San Suu Kyi has told the UN “time and patience” is needed to resolve divisions between Muslim and Buddhist communities in Arakan State.
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The Burmese government has signed an agreement with UN agencies to facilitate the voluntary return of Rohingya refugees.
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has tapped Switzerland’s ambassador to Germany, Christine Schraner Burgener, to be his special envoy on Burma, UN sources said on Wednesday.
United States lawmakers have proposed a bill including sanctions and travel restrictions of Burmese military officials.
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The United Nations has appointed Norwegian Knut Ostby to serve as interim UN resident coordinator in Burma, replacing Renata Lok-Dessallien and serving in the role “until further notice,” according to a UN statement released Tuesday.
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“The state counsellor will explain the true situation to the world,” said government spokesman Zaw Htay.
The United Nations Secretary General is “deeply concerned” that civilians in conflict-torn northern Arakan State are copping the brunt of violence between Muslim militants and the Burma Army.
A damning new released by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK adds to mounting pressure on the government to cooperate with the upcoming United Nations fact-finding mission.
UN special rapporteur Yanghee Lee gave a sombre review of Burma’s human rights progress after her second tour of the country under the NLD government.
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Aid organisations working in Maungdaw have not been granted the “flowing” access to the restive region that they were promised by the government.
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A UN spokesperson counters claims by Burmese state-media suggesting that a diplomatic delegation that visited Arakan State last week had concluded there were no cases of rape there.
Praising Burma’s progress on human rights, the European Union said that it would not introduce a resolution condemning the country’s record for the first time in 15 years.
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In her first address to the UN General Assembly as national leader, Aung San Suu Kyi defended her government’s efforts to resolve a crisis over treatment of the country’s Muslim minority.
Ban Ki-moon said, “I commend the new Government for its emphasis on dialogue, cooperation and reconciliation between military and civil society leaders and political and economic stakeholders.”
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It is little wonder that local humanitarian organisations and CSOs are such a central part of Burma’s social fabric given the country’s unparalleled culture of compassion and generosity in the face of suffering.
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Yanghee Lee, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, calls on international investors to be careful not to undermine the country’s rights priorities.
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The UN’s human rights envoy for Burma tells the country’s new, democratically elected government that it should do more to end violence against religious minorities.
Lee reportedly questioned whether female inmates are being subjected to pregnancy tests, suggesting that this is a violation of human rights.
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Aung San Suu Kyi reiterates her position on avoiding use of the term “Rohingya” during talks with Yanghee Lee, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Burma.
According to the UN refugee agency, around 25,000 Rohingya Muslims in Arakan State have returned to their communities in the past year.
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The trial of 92 suspected human traffickers, arrested after the discovery of shallow graves of migrants in Thai jungle, began in Bangkok on Tuesday.
Hundreds of villages across Burma suffered dire water shortages last year, with pressure set to increase when El Niño hits the peak of its cycle.
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The number of migrants leaving Burma by boat in the past four months has plummeted because of Thai and Bangladeshi crackdowns on trafficking, the UN said.
Opium cultivation remains a lucrative source of income for many farmers, but the illegal industry is facing renewed scrutiny in the Asia-Pacific region.
T’s husband ended their relationship with a simple text message, after leaving her for another woman. T turned to the Monogamy Bill for protection.
More than 600,000 people in Burma need food assistance due to natural disasters, violence and conflict, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday.
As the world marks International AIDS Day, between 190,000 and 230,000 people in Burma are living with HIV, according to 2014 UN estimates. The figure puts Burma at one of the highest rates of infection in the region.
