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    Tagged: violence

    Lead Story News Women's Issues

    Women meet to show support for acid-attack victim

    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.

    Crime Lead Story News

    Sword attacks leave six in hospital in Lashio

    The attacks come after a period of relative calm in the town following a crackdown on youth brawls five months ago.

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    Activists mark ‘White Ribbon Day’ across Burma

    Women’s rights groups and activists marked the International Day for the Eradication of Violence Against Women across Burma today.

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    VIDEO: Muslim citizens vote in hope video

    2015 Elections Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    VIDEO: Muslim citizens vote in hope

    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.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Alleged racist attacks put Mon capital on edge

    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.

    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.

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    MPs urge Malaysia to protect Burmese nationals

    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 found guilty of Mandalay murder video

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    Four men found guilty of Mandalay murder

    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.

    Myit Chae mob ransacks mosque after domestic servant’s dispute video

    Communal Violence Lead Story News Religion Video

    Myit Chae mob ransacks mosque after domestic servant’s dispute

    A mosque, a home and a shop were vandalised as mob violence broke out again in central Burma on Saturday.

    Bullet Points: 15 August 2014 video

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    Bullet Points: 15 August 2014

    Watch today’s top stories with Angus Watson.

    Curfew lifted in Mandalay, but businesses still suffering video

    Business Lead Story News Video

    Curfew lifted in Mandalay, but businesses still suffering

    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.

    Bullet Points video

    Lead Story News

    Bullet Points

    Bullet Points: bringing you the news for Thursday 3 July.

    Govt to protect NGOs after ‘sluggish’ response to Sittwe riots video

    Lead Story News Rohingya Society Video

    Govt to protect NGOs after ‘sluggish’ response to Sittwe riots

    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”.

    Sittwe violence ‘organised, structured’: Malteser International video

    Lead Story News Society Video

    Sittwe violence ‘organised, structured’: Malteser International

    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.

    Analysis Lead Story News

    Burma’s badly needed census may have come too soon

    Incomplete demographic data is holding back development efforts in a new Burma, yet counting heads now could cause violence.

    Breaking Lead Story News Politics

    Arakan statesmen dodge assassination in KL

    Arakanese statesmen Aye Maung and Aye Thar Aung have survived an assassination attempt at the hands of motorcycle gunmen.

    Arakan displaced running out of food video

    Ethnic issues Lead Story Video

    Arakan displaced running out of food

    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.

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    Football officials issue stiff punishments to players, coaches following Naypyidaw melee

    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

    Politics

    Burma arrests six Buddhists for role in Muslim massacre

    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

    News Politics

    Officials install curfew in Arakan state after mob targets Muslims

    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

    Politics

    Over 500 migrants returning from Malaysia seek jobs from govt

    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

    Politics

    Burma president backs anti-Muslim ‘hate preacher’ Wirathu

    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”

    Politics

    Some 1,500 Burmese migrants in Malaysia want to return home

    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

    More refugees now than 20 years ago video

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    More refugees now than 20 years ago

    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[…]

    News Politics

    Ministry orders employment brokers to stop sending workers to Malaysia

    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

    News Politics

    Govt delegation arrives in KL, as relatives fret over recent violence

    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

    News Politics

    After spate of violence, govt calls on Malaysia to help protect citizens

    Burma’s Embassy in Malaysia is pushing local officials to provide its citizens with better protection after a series of violent assaults in Kuala Lumpur left three Burmese nationals dead

    News Politics

    Mob targets reporters during Lashio riots

    Two freelance reporters covering the ongoing violence in Shan state’s Lashio for DVB were injured and had their SIM cards stolen after being assaulted by rioters on Wednesday

    News

    Parliament extends emergency rule in conflict-torn Meikhtila

    Burma’s parliament agreed on Tuesday to extend a state of emergency for the central town Meikhtila, which was devastated by religious violence in March, despite warnings from opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

    News Politics

    Muslims displaced during Meikhtila riots return home

    Thousands of Muslims, who were uprooted during religious riots in central Burma’s Meikhtila in March, have begun to return home despite ongoing hostility and fears for their safety

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