06 February 2012 – KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian government is scheduled to carry out a major crackdown campaign on undocumented foreigners starting from 16 February, causing massive fear among refugees and migrants workers in the country.
31 January 2012: Women should be included in the ongoing Burma’s peace-talk process between the government and ethnic armed groups, a statement by the Karen Women Organization (KWO) said yesterday.
29 January 2012 – INDIANAPOLIS, USA: A group of young women dressed in traditional Chin costumes and young men sporting colorful jackets are one step closer to preparation for college.
28 January 2012: Chin people living in the Kalay-Kabaw Valley of Sagaing Division agreed at their recent public consultation meeting to work together in a bid to strengthen communication and unity.
27 January 2012: Burma’s ethnic armed groups that have met with Thein Sein’s government in recent months for preliminary state-level ceasefire talks say they will demand ‘self-determination’ on the agenda at the political dialogue with the Union government.
25 January 2012: Delivering his annual State of the Union Address to a joint sitting of Congress on Tuesday, US President Barack Obama said “A new beginning in Burma has lit a new hope.”
23 January 2012: The Council of the European Union on Monday eased travel restrictions on some top leaders of the new Burmese government in a move that signals the beginning of a new relationship between the world’s most powerful regional grouping and the South East Asian country that has long maintained an international pariah status.
19 January 2012: A 27-year-old Chin refugee who abandoned her son at birth in Wheaton of Illinois State, USA has been declared ‘an unfit mother’ last Tuesday by a DuPage County judge.
18 January 2012: A group of ten Kachin civil society organizations has appealed for peace and the protection of civilians in the ongoing armed conflict ahead of the planned peace talks between the Kachin Independence Organization and the Burmese government this week.
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.
