Independent experts will investigate what type of devices and tactics were used against protestors during a police crackdown at Latpadaung Copper Mine last week, said Aung San Suu Kyi.
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US officials meet monks, protesters behind monastery’s closed doors
Three US State Department officials met with Buddhist monks at Mandalay’s Masoeyein Monastery yesterday to discuss sectarian tensions in Arakan state and last week’s crackdown at the Latpadaung Copper Mine
Army using civilians as minesweepers
Apr 22, 2009 (DVB), The Burmese army has been using civilians to act as minesweepers, forcing them to walk in front of bulldozers and troop patrols in order that neither…
Landmine explosion kills three DKBA soldiers
Jan 25, 2008 (DVB), Three Democratic Karen Buddhist Army personnel were killed and eight others injured in a mine explosion near the border town of Myawaddy in Karen state, according…