Activist Thaw Zin is handed a 15-month prison sentence at a court in Monywa for his role in helping local villagers protest against land seizures at the controversial Latpadaung copper…
Author: KHIN MIN ZAW
ABSDF 10th Conference begins
The All Burma Students Democratic Front , which last year signed a ceasefire agreement with the Burmese government, begins its 10th Conference at Dawn Taman camp in Karen State.
Protesters arrested after appealing for Latpadaung activist’s release.
Four villagers demanding the release of prominent anti-mine activist Thaw Zin have been arrested for unlawful assembly.
Magwe rice paddies destroyed by floodwaters
More than 2,000 acres of rice paddies have been destroyed by storms and heavy rains which submerged farmlands in Magwe division’s Pwintbyu township during the last week of October.
Migrants demonstrate against 'broker agency’ in Mae Sot
Burmese migrants protested outside the office of a “broker agency” in Mae Sot after paying exorbitant rates for fraudulent documents that later led to their arrest
Locals lock horns with military over land dispute
Locals in Mandalay division’s Maddaya township near Sale village who are engaged in a land dispute with the Burmese Army’s Air Defence Battalion 1004 have been sued by for trespassing…