Monsoon rains continue to fall throughout Burma’s eastern borderlands. Across the country, 25,000 people have been evacuated to makeshift camps this week. Nearly 3,000 thousand residents in Mon state’s Bilin…
Month: July 2013
Protest organisers headed to court after demonstrating without permission
Two Arakanese protestors from western Burma’s Sittwe, who organised a massive rally in March slamming a proposed plan to resettle displaced Rohingya, are set to appear in court on 5…
Federalism debate fractures Burma’s armed ethnic groups
Burma’s armed ethnic groups have fallen out over how to develop a federal union in the former military dictatorship, resulting in two rival conferences to discuss plans to end decades…
Activists slam Chinese pipeline as project goes operational
As natural gas began flowing from Burma’s western coast to energy-hungry China earlier this week, activists from NGOs claim that local populations are still being sidelined by the project’s developers.…
‘Student army’ to join uprising’s anniversary ceremonies in Rangoon
Members from the All-Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF) are planning to travel to Rangoon next month to attend the 25th anniversary of the 8888 uprising
Monsoon rains inundate eastern Karen state
Thousands of residents in Burma’s Karen state have been relocated to shelters as fresh flooding continues to inundate the country’s eastern borderlands