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    Tagged: US state department

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    US to downgrade Burma in human trafficking report

    The US State Department plans to downgrade Burma in its annual report on human trafficking because of the country’s continuing failure to end abusive practices.

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    Kerry pledges ‘strong support’ for Burma’s democratic transition

    At the joint press conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry, Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi reiterated her call to avoid using an “emotive term” to refer to Muslims living in Arakan State.

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    Persecution of Rohingya not genocide, US report concludes

    The report found that while atrocities committed against religious minorities by ISIS constituted genocide, persecution of the Rohingya in Burma did not.

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    Thailand languishes at bottom of US trafficking report

    The U.S. has decided to keep Thailand on its list of worst human trafficking centres for another year, despite government efforts to stop the trade.

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    US willing to take ‘leading role’ in solving migrant crisis

    A White House spokesperson has said that the US is “taking a careful look” at how to dealing with the crisis affecting Rohingya migrants in Southeast Asia.

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    Reform, presidency on agenda during Shwe Mann’s US tour

    Meetings with Ban Ki-moon and US Deputy Secretary of State follow on from talk at Carnegie Center where he said he would accept a presidential nomination.

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    US waives sanctions after Thailand flunks human trafficking test

    The United States has waived sanctions against Thailand that could have been imposed as a result of the country’s insufficient efforts to combat human trafficking.

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    Gap’s report on supplier factories detail problems

    The US Embassy of Burma released a report on Thursday voluntarily submitted by US retailer Gap Inc. detailing the compliance issues found in their two factories initially and the improvements made.

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    Religious discrimination, violence rife in govt practices, US says

    The US State Department reports that government practices show that there exists apparent state-sanctioned religious discrimination and violence throughout the country.

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    US, UK express concerns on jailing of Burmese journalists

    The US and UK governments expressed concerns over the recent jailing of the Unity Weekly journalists.

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    US delegation discusses electoral reform with democracy groups

    A delegation of US officials met with representatives from the National League for Democracy party and the Karen State Progressive Party in Karen State’s capital Hpa-an on Monday.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Thailand downgraded in trafficking report; Burma remains on Watch List

    The US government has downgraded Thailand in its latest Trafficking in Persons report for failing to combat the trafficking of workers in various sectors, particularly Burmese men in the abusive and brutal fishing industry.

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    Two missing after escape from Thai fishing trawler

    Two Burmese migrants are lost at sea after attempting to escape from a fishing boat off the coast of Thailand. A third escapee made it to shore alive and was taken to a nearby hospital, where he reported the incident to local police.

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    US lauds Burma’s improving human rights record

    In its annual human rights report, the US State Department identified political prisoners, humanitarian access, and combatting corruption as areas where improvements had been made under the Thein Sein government.

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    The true impact of the US investment policy in Burma

    How the US government failed to go far enough to hold investors to the level of due diligence necessary to meet the policy goal of promoting peace and preventing human rights abuses

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    Muslim, Arakanese leaders meet with US officials

    The US embassy in Rangoon held talks with Burmese Muslim and Arakanese community leaders to talk about the riots that erupted last week in western Burma’s Arakan state

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