Category: National

09 October 2013: The government of Burma has been urged for the unconditional release of political prisoners without any restrictions in place.

07 October 2013: Floods caused by days of heavy rains have displaced at least over one thousand people in Kalaymyo District of Sagaing Region.

03 October 2013: Despite ceasefire negotiations and agreements, human rights violations are still committed in Burma’s ethnic areas by the authorities, the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) said in its report.

02 October 2013: At least 9 people have died and 2 are still missing in recent floods caused by heavy rains in Kalay of Sagaing Region.

NEW DELHI, 30 September 2013 – MPs and activists from Burma held a discussion in Delhi on 20 September with Chin students, social activists, research scholars and some journalists from the Northeast India.

26 September 2013: The government of Burma has not as yet signed a new UN declaration of commitment to end sexual violence in conflict despite continuous calls by local and international communities.

26 September 2013: The Tavoyan Women’s Union (TWU) has called for an immediate suspension of the Dawei Deep Sea Port project, a joint venture between Burma and Thailand.

24 September 2013: Former US President Jimmy Carter, former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, and former Norwegian PM Gro Harlem Brundtland are to start a 3-day visit to Burma today.

23 September 2013: Chin leaders who attended the meeting with two Union Ministers from the President’s Office, U Soe Thein and U Tin Naing Thein, said of their disappointment over the allotment of time for discussions.

16 September 2013: Communities in Paletwa Township have re-voiced their grave concern over ALP’s (Arakan Liberty Party) demand to establish a liaison office in the Chin township.