US and EU call on Burma to allow immediate humanitarian access to an impoverished Rohingya refugee camp in Arakan state, while Human Rights Watch criticises Thai immigration authorities for alleged…
Day: January 7, 2014
Embassy warns Burmese to avoid Bangkok rallies
The Burmese embassy in Bangkok has issued a warning to its nationals in the Thai capital to avoid anti-government rallies amid a threat by protesters to bring the city to…
Rangoon journalists rally for imprisoned colleague
More than 200 journalists and activists took to the streets in Rangoon on Tuesday morning to denounce the imprisonment of Eleven Daily reporter Naw Khine Khine Aye Cho, popularly known…
Kukis refuse to crumble
Various small tribes of different names have agreed to be registered in Burma’s upcoming nationwide census as one entity only; the Kuki people. The agreement that was made at the…
Thousands greet Suu Kyi in Kale, en route to Chin State
Thousands of supporters greeted Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the town of Kale in Sagaing Division on Monday when she made a stop in the town en…