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Unity five launch last appeal against harsh sentence
A final appeal against the verdict for five Unity Weekly journal employees -- who were sentenced to ten years in prison with hard labour in July -- was submitted to Magwe regional court on Thursday.
The R-word, and its ramifications
A former UK ambassador says the name "Rohingya" was unknown to British colonial administrators, and that Western insistence on using the term is not helping the Bengali community's cause.
Sittwe court extends Rohingya activist’s detention, again
The detention of a distinguished Rohingya lawyer and rights activist has been extended by a court in western Burma, prompting renewed calls from rights groups for his immediate amnesty.
Charges reduced in Bi Mon Te Nay trial
Charges against five employees of the Bi Mon Te Nay news journal and one activist were reduced on Monday.
Religious discrimination, violence rife in govt practices, US says
The US State Department reports that government practices show that there exists apparent state-sanctioned religious discrimination and violence throughout the country.
Irrawaddy journalists hold mass prayer for reporters facing legal action
Twenty-one media workers in Irrawaddy Division staged a mass prayer in the capital Bassein [Pathein] as a symbolic protest.
