The 2014 census is a huge undertaking for Burma’s government, who insist they have the cooperation of all. The ICG say questions on religion and ethnicity are potentially ‘divisive’, they…
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International praise and grassroots realities
Although President Thein Sein has been awarded several prizes from international organisations for instituting reforms, the draconian laws that were used to persecute activists are still on the books while…
Burma is changing, but not towards a simple state of freedom
A year on from the elections, the misguided evaluations of Burma’s so-called reform continue to mask an unyielding self-centredness at the heart of Naypyidaw