17 January 2012: The United Nations human rights envoy to Burma Tomas Ojea Quintana on Monday said Burma must end discrimination against the country’s ethnic groups if there is to be long-term political and social stability in the multi-ethnic South East Asian country.
17 January 2012 – KUALA LUMPUR: For the first time, several newspaper columnists and writers in Malaysia give positive remarks on current political development in Burma.
17 January 2012: In light of Burma’s current political development as a whole and the recent CNF-Chin State government agreeing to a ceasefire, it is likely that the country’s poorest state will have better opportunities for humanitarian assistance.
16 January 2012: Chin refugees from Burma stranded in New Delhi, India have suffered from a series of serious assaults in unprovoked attacks by local Indians.
15 January 2012 – KUALA LUMPUR: A refugee from Burma, Tia Da Aye, 37, was fined RM 1,300 (US$420) by Malaysian magistrate’s court after pleading guilty for hitting a fellow national with a hammer.
15 January 2012: A leading Burmese rights group focused on the rights of political prisoners has said the latest round of amnesty did not include members of the ethnic armed groups whom the group considers political prisoners.
14 January 2012: A group of five ethnic political parties have welcomed the latest prisoners’ amnesty, which saw the release of some high-profile political detainees, including U Khun Htun Oo, leader of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD).
14 January 2012 – KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Government has changed its procedure on migrants by allowing ‘exploited’ foreign labors including victims of human trafficking to work in the country.
13 January 2012: Two prominent Chin political activists are among the 651 prisoners reportedly released on Friday under an Executive Pardon as part of a series of reforms undertaken by the Burma’s new government.
12 January 2012: The Karen National Union (KNU) is to hold talks with Karen State government in Pa-an, Karen State today as a first step towards reaching a ceasefire deal.
