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    July 5, 2016in Bullet Points, News46by DVB
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    DVB Bulletin: 5 July 2016

    Watch the top stories on DVB with Kimberley Phillips

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    Plight of Rohingya women raised at CEDAW review
    July 5, 2016in Lead Story, News, Rohingya, Women's Issues3by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Plight of Rohingya women raised at CEDAW review

    Discrimination against Rohingya women is raised as a key concern as Burma’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women comes under review in…

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    Arakan govt rejects 'Buddhist community' label
    July 5, 2016in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya70by DVB
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    Arakan govt rejects 'Buddhist community' label

    The Arakan State government says it will continue referring to the state’s ethnic majority simply as “Arakanese”, rejecting a term allegedly put forward by the country’s Ministry of Information.

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    Ethnic farmers prefer communal land, says CSO report
    July 5, 2016in Farmers, Land, Lead Story, News267by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Ethnic farmers prefer communal land, says CSO report

    A majority of ethnic farmers in Burma would prefer to share community land rather than own their title deed to a plot, according to the findings of the Ethnic Community…

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    Monsoon flash floods blanket NW Arakan
    July 5, 2016in Arakan, Lead Story, News118by DVB
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    Monsoon flash floods blanket NW Arakan

    Celebrated Burmese meteorologist Tun Lwin has predicted that floods will soon blanket all of western Arakan State, as well as the Chin, Sagaing and Kachin regions.

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    Prioritise rights, UN envoy urges investors
    July 5, 2016in Archives, Human Rights, Lead Story, News20by UN NEWS SERVICE
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    Prioritise rights, UN envoy urges investors

    Yanghee Lee, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, calls on international investors to be careful not to undermine the country’s rights priorities.

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