Villages have been evacuated and schools in Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta have been ordered to close.
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Teacher jailed for leading Irrawaddy protest ‘column’
Wai Yan Aung of Bassein Government Technical College, a leader of the Irrawaddy protest against the National Education Law, was jailed under Article 18.
Students issue white armbands to protest violence
There are plans to take the campaign against the use of vigilante thugs nationwide.
Deadly fever hits high numbers of children in Bassein
June 21, 2007 (DVB)