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Supporters of a woman who suffered a horrific acid attack in Mon State three months ago gathered in Rangoon today to call for justice and an end to gender-based violence.
The attacks come after a period of relative calm in the town following a crackdown on youth brawls five months ago.
Women’s rights groups and activists marked the International Day for the Eradication of Violence Against Women across Burma today.
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Despite many being barred from casting a vote, and few Muslim candidates contesting seats in the election, Muslim voters in Rangoon said they were hopeful.
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Community leaders in Mon State fear a spate of recent attacks are racially motivated and attempts to foment inter-communal tensions here in the run up to Burma’s 8 November polls.
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International rights groups condemn the violent attacks on protestors, and denounce the police for drafting in pro-government thugs to assist them.
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The Burmese parliament’s upper house plans to send a report on targeted attacks and killings of Burmese migrant workers in Malaysia to the Malaysian parliament.
Four men were sentenced to ten years in prison with hard labour on Tuesday for the killing of a Muslim man during communal violence in Mandalay in early July.
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A mosque, a home and a shop were vandalised as mob violence broke out again in central Burma on Saturday.
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On Monday, a curfew in Mandalay was lifted after 39 days in effect, but business as usual has not been restored in the central Burmese city.
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Although the violence has subsided for now, the underlying tensions that led to the riots have not diminished, and may yet catalyse another round of violence in the future.
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Burma vows to protect aid workers in Arakan State after a briefing by the Arakan Commission concluded the government’s response to the violence was “sluggish”.
Spokesperson for Malteser International, Johannes Kaltenbach speaks to DVB about the violence that kicked off in Arakan state on Wednesday, forcing 71 aid workers to evacuate.
Incomplete demographic data is holding back development efforts in a new Burma, yet counting heads now could cause violence.
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Arakanese statesmen Aye Maung and Aye Thar Aung have survived an assassination attempt at the hands of motorcycle gunmen.
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Muslims and Buddhists who lost their homes and livelihoods due to conflict in Burma’s Arakan state, are quickly running out of food, the World Food Programme warns.
The Myanmar Football Federation handed out a range of punishments to players and coaches involved in fighting and hooliganism that brought a violent, premature end to this year’s Myanmar National League final in Naypyidaw earlier this month
Burmese authorities have arrested six people for their suspected role in the massacre of 10 Muslim pilgrims in Arakan state last year, whose deaths sparked a series of vicious ethno-religious riots that left scores dead
A curfew has been issued in Arakan state’s Sandoway after a Buddhist mob set fire to Muslim homes on Sunday, following the alleged sexual assault of a woman by two men who were rumoured to be Muslim
Nearly 600 Burmese migrants, who recently returned home from Malaysia after a string of attacks against Burmese nationals, have applied for new jobs through the government
President Thein Sein has defended the prominent anti-Muslim monk Wirathu and his controversial “969” movement, after Time Magazine described him as “the face of Buddhist terror”
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has criticised a proposal by nationalist monks to restrict marriages between Buddhist women and men of other faiths, describing it as a violation of human rights
As many as 1,500 Burmese migrants in Malaysia have signed up for repatriation, after a series of violent attacks against Burmese nationals in the country
The United Nations refugee agency has released a report that coincides with World Refugee Day, that says there are now more refugees in the world than there were nearly 20[…]
Burma’s Labour Ministry issued a directive to prevent labourers from moving to Malaysia following a series of violent assaults against Burmese migrants in Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia said Thursday it would work with Burma to repatriate thousands of their nationals following clashes in the community that left at least four dead and led to a security sweep
As a Burmese delegation arrived in Malaysia this week to inquire into the recent spate of violence targeting Burmese nationals, families in Burma continue to worry while rumours spread online
Malaysian police said they had detained more than 900 Burmese nationals in a security sweep after at least two were killed last week in clashes
