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Thein Sein: ‘With freedom comes responsibility’
During Thein Sein’s stop in Norway during his five-country tour of Europe, DVB’s Deputy Executive Director Khin Maung Win sat down for an exclusive...
Kachin rebels refuse to invite Suu Kyi to mediate peace process
The Kachin Independence Army, who is currently negotiating a precarious ceasefire deal with the government, has rejected a plea by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be formally invited to mediate talks between the groups
UN envoy meets with displaced residents, prisoner in Arakan state
The United Nation’s Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Burma travelled to Arakan state yesterday, where he visited camps for displaced residents and met with an incarcerated Muslim community leader
Nearly 1,000 Muslim Rohingyas incarcerated in Arakan state
Nearly 1,000 Muslim Rohingyas remain incarcerated in northern Arakan state, where campaigners say they are subject to “pervasive” abuses and at least 68 people are believed to have died in custody
Govt to create commission to free political prisoners
In an announcement published in The New Light of Myanmar today, President Thein Sein’s office ordered the formation of a commission to “grant liberty to remaining political prisoners”
Parliament approves new religious affairs minister
The Union Parliament yesterday approved the president’s appointment of Irrawaddy division’s parliamentary speaker Hsan Sint as the country’s new religious affairs minister
