Seventy-one aid workers, including 32 foreigners, are evacuated to a local police station in Sittwe after a crowd turns on international aid organisations. Reports say an 11-year-old was killed when police fired warning shots to disperse the crowd.

In its annual human rights report, the US State Department identified political prisoners, humanitarian access, and combatting corruption as areas where improvements had been made under the Thein Sein government.

The Burmese government has said that Médecins Sans Frontières will not be allowed to extend its contract for operations in the country as a punitive measure for misinforming the international community over incidents in Duchira Dan last month.

UN Special Rapporteur to visit Arakan as protestors around the region demand that the UN, along with MSF and other international relief agencies, are forced to withdraw their operations.

Burma’s Health Minister Dr Pe Thet Khin has proposed to parliament a threefold increase in pay for medical workers who are posted to remote areas, with the additional salary to be paid by the Ministry of Border Affairs and the relevant regional government.

Burma's president appoints Duchira Dan investigation commission, but only to address the disappearance of police sergeant and the fire which razed 20 Rohingya homes.