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    Shades of ‘bad old days’ in NLD-led Burma: Human Rights Watch
    January 12, 2017in Human Rights, Lead Story, News161by ANDREW D. KASPAR
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    Shades of ‘bad old days’ in NLD-led Burma: Human Rights Watch

    Nine months into the National League for Democracy government’s term in office, the human rights situation in Burma has improved only marginally, and in some cases even backslid, according to…

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    International voices decry police crackdown on students
    March 9, 2015in Burma, Lead Story, News, Politics, Protest46by COLIN HINSHELWOOD / DVB
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    International voices decry police crackdown on students

    International rights groups condemn the violent attacks on protestors, and denounce the police for drafting in pro-government thugs to assist them.

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    Human rights in Burma ‘a car crash’
    January 30, 2015in Human Rights, Lead Story, News104by DVB
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    Human rights in Burma ‘a car crash’

    2014 was marked by persecution of minorities, internal displacement and erosion of already limited freedoms.

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    UN slams ‘sexist, insulting’ slurs against Yanghee Lee
    January 22, 2015in Arakan, Human Rights, Lead Story, News2by DVB
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    UN slams ‘sexist, insulting’ slurs against Yanghee Lee

    “The sexist, insulting language used against [Yanghee Lee] by an influential monk during Ms Lee’s official visit to the country is utterly unacceptable.”

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    Buddha Bar storm: charges upheld, trial set for 26 Dec
    December 18, 2014in Crime, Lead Story, News, Rangoon, Religion6by COLIN HINSHELWOOD / DVB
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    Buddha Bar storm: charges upheld, trial set for 26 Dec

    Three Rangoon nightclub managers will face trial on charges of insulting Buddhism, a court in Bahan Township decided on Thursday.

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    Par Gyi killing: US calls for investigation
    October 29, 2014in Karen, Lead Story, Media, News0by SHWE AUNG AND COLIN HINSHELWOOD
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    Par Gyi killing: US calls for investigation

    International rights groups have joined domestic voices in condemning the killing of journalist Par Gyi by the Burmese army. The US embassy has called for the govt to investigate.

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