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    Alleged co-conspirator in Ko Ni assassination trial is granted bail
    February 22, 2018in Lead Story, News738by YE MON
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    Alleged co-conspirator in Ko Ni assassination trial is granted bail

    One of the alleged co-conspirators in the assassination of prominent Burmese legal scholar Ko Ni has been released on a bail of 50 million kyats ($37,500).

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    Human rights activist released from prison
    February 22, 2018in Lead Story, News, Rakhine348by DVB
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    Human rights activist released from prison

    The ALP report accused the Burmese army of extrajudicial killings of captured enemy combatants, as well as forcing civilians to serve as porters.

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    Roster for exam seating plan in Thandwe stirs ‘Bengali’ controversy
    February 22, 2018in Lead Story, News, Rakhine549by PAING SOE / DVB
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    Roster for exam seating plan in Thandwe stirs ‘Bengali’ controversy

    Parents condemn what they call institutionalised discrimination in Thandwe Township, Rakhine State, where Muslim students were distinguished from their non-Muslim peers and labelled “Bengali” on a document laying out seating…

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    Conservation areas could prevent Karen refugee return
    February 22, 2018in Lead Story, News, Refugees482by REUTERS
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    Conservation areas could prevent Karen refugee return

    Plans to create two parks to protect swathes of mountainous jungle in Burma could stop more than 16,000 refugees who fled conflict from going home.

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    Floating Island: New home for Rohingya refugees emerges in Bay of Bengal
    February 22, 2018in Lead Story, News, Refugees, Rohingya403by REUTERS
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    Floating Island: New home for Rohingya refugees emerges in Bay of Bengal

    Bangladesh is racing to turn an uninhabited and muddy Bay of Bengal island into home for 100,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled a military crackdown in Burma, amid conflicting signals…

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