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    Transparency lacking, visa blacklist continues to bar rights advocates
    May 5, 2017in Analysis, Contributor, Lead Story, Opinion620by MARK FARMANER
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    Transparency lacking, visa blacklist continues to bar rights advocates

    A visa blacklist still bars hundreds of people from entering Burma. The government must be more transparent about the roster and its justification, Burma Campaign UK’s Mark Farmaner writes.

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    Ethnic communities protest dams risking lives, cultures and environments
    March 17, 2017in Analysis, Contributor, Lead Story508by LEENA ZIEGER
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    Ethnic communities protest dams risking lives, cultures and environments

    Ethnic communities across Burma are raising their voices to strongly oppose plans by the Burma government and the global hydropower industry to build large dams that threaten to destroy their…

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    Rethinking Burma’s waterways through Foucault’s biopolitics
    February 23, 2017in Analysis, Contributor, Lead Story, Opinion429by KYUNGMEE KIM
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    Rethinking Burma’s waterways through Foucault’s biopolitics

    Perspectives on Burma’s waterways have been polarised into two competing positions: focusing on developing its vast hydropower potential and advocating for local communities’ needs and concerns.

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    On marriage equality and the state of Burma’s Union
    February 21, 2017in Analysis, Contributor, Lead Story, Opinion820by SALAI ZA UK LING
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    On marriage equality and the state of Burma’s Union

    With last week’s Union Day commemorations, some thoughts on the state of Burma’s quest for national reconciliation and an end to decades of civil war.

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    Diverse perceptions of the Irrawaddy River Valley among its inhabitants
    February 16, 2017in Analysis, Contributor, Lead Story92by MARION SABRIE
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    Diverse perceptions of the Irrawaddy River Valley among its inhabitants

    For centuries, the Irrawaddy River has served as Burma’s main riverine artery, but what does the future hold for this important waterway?

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    ASEAN lacks plan to halt violent extremism
    February 13, 2017in Analysis, ASEAN, Contributor, International Relations, Lead Story357by THE BANGKOK POST
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    ASEAN lacks plan to halt violent extremism

    Last year was one of rising terrorist activity for Southeast Asia, and 2017 could bring more of the same if steps are not taken to enhance counter-terrorism measures in the…

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