The controversial China-backed Shwe Gas project sets a bad example for future investments in Burma’s extractive industries and should be suspended pending genuine regulatory reforms, a new report said on Monday.
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Ethnic minorities schedule conference for September
Representatives of ethnic minorities including the Shan, Karen, Chin, Mon and Karenni will hold a trust-building conference in September to discus aspects of democracy, federalism and changes to the 2008 constitution.
Karenni rebels and govt progress on peace talks
Karenni rebels and government peace negotiators have agreed to begin resettling some of the thousands of people displaced by years of ethnic conflict in eastern Burma, at a landmark meeting on Wednesday
War, displacement fueling trafficking scourge in Kachin state
After two years of war and displacement in northern Burma’s Kachin state, more people are being trafficked along the Sino-Burmese border
Alliance calls on major parties to refrain from running in ethnic areas
An alliance comprised of seven ethnic minority affiliated political parties called on Burma’s major parties to refrain from running in ethnic areas during the 2015 general elections
How feudal imperialism continues to destroy the Union of Burma
The government’s ongoing war against the Kachin continues to demonstrate that the country’s leaders are more interested in empire building than nation building