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Burma’s CSO leaders: Alternative leadership to build peace and vibrant communities in 21st century
August 16, 2016
Border-based CSOs call for elimination of blacklist
July 27, 2016
CSOs Call For Investigation of Attacks on Muslim Places of Worship
July 5, 2016
Eliminating sexual violence in conflict areas
June 27, 2016
Former Diplomat, Junta Apologist to Lead Powerful New Ministry
May 12, 2016
Former regime defender to be state counsellor’s minister
May 12, 2016
Hundreds Displaced as Conflict Rages in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
April 28, 2016
Shan State tension increases as new government searches for peace
April 5, 2016
Inspiring Women of Burma
March 19, 2016
Myanmar Marks International Women’s Day With Ceremonies in Cities
March 8, 2016
Can Burma’s Human Rights Commission Fight Sexual Violence in Conflict Areas?
March 8, 2016
Questions for rights body as NLD prepares to take office
March 2, 2016
Clashes spread in Shan State
February 12, 2016
Burma’s Peace Process Needs a Fresh Start
February 12, 2016
Myanmar Times
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Human Rights Commission comes under fire over record
February 3, 2016
One year on, still no justice for Burmese rape-murder victims
January 19, 2016
Why NMSP Not Attending Union Peace Conference
January 15, 2016
100+ CSOs Urge Reconsideration of Representation in Upcoming Peace Conference
January 7, 2016
Optimism Follows Meeting of Myanmar’s Political Heavyweights
December 8, 2015
Yen Snaing / The Irrawaddys
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Assessment Highlights Ongoing Deficiencies of Burma’s Human Rights Commission
November 19, 2015
The Irrawaddy
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ျမန္မာ လူ႔အခြင့္အေရး ေကာ္မရွင္ လြတ္လပ္ ထိေရာက္မႈ မရွိဟု ေဝဖန္ခံရ
November 19, 2015
The Irrawaddy
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Outgoing Govt Urged Not to Delay on Human Rights Reforms
November 17, 2015
Myanmar Rights Commission Calls For Political Prisoner Amnesty Before Elections
October 28, 2015
The Irrawaddy
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Burma’s Human Rights Commission Courts Credibility Ahead of UN Review
October 27, 2015
Myanmar: the political rise of Ma ba tha, the committee that protects the race and faith
October 26, 2015
VOA
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ႏိုဝင္ဘာ ေရြးေကာက္ ပြဲ ေၾကာင့္ တိုင္းရင္းသား လိုလားခ်က္ မျပည္႔ႏိုင္
October 10, 2015
The Irrawaddy
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No Election Watershed for Ethnic Minorities: Report
October 9, 2015
The Irrawaddy
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Investment Law Delayed as Rights Concerns Linger
September 2, 2015
Myanmar Times
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Activists call for release of human rights defenders
August 31, 2015
7day Daily
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လူ႔အခြင့္အေရးကာကြယ္ေစာင့္ေရွာက္သူမ်ား တားဆီးေႏွာင့္ယွက္မႈမ်ားႀကံဳေတြ႕ေနရ
August 31, 2015
The Irrawaddy
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သတင္း လူ႕အခြင့္အေရး တက္ၾကြလႈပ္ရွားသူမ်ားကို ပစ္မွတ္ထား ဖမ္းဆီးအေရးယူမႈမ်ား ရပ္တန္႔ရန္ အစိုးရအား ေတာင္းဆို
August 28, 2015
Kamayut Media
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လူ႕အခြင့္အေရးသမားေတြ ေထာင္ခ်ခံေနရတာကို ရပ္တန္႔ေပးပါ
August 28, 2015
mitv NEWS
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Human Rights Defenders: Study Urges Reform In Judicial System
August 27, 2015
RFA
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လူ႔အခြင့္အေရးလႈပ္ရွားသူမ်ား ဖမ္းဆီးခံရမႈ
August 27, 2015
DVB
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OPINION: Rights not rhetoric needed for reform in Burma
August 8, 2015
Human Rights Defenders Continue to Suffer in Burma
August 1, 2015
Aljazeera
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Myanmar: Still locking up political prisoners
July 5, 2015
The Corner
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Myanmar is the latest destination for fast fashion producers
June 30, 2015
Al Jazeera
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Repatriation fears mar Refugee Day in Thai border camps
June 20, 2015
Global Voices
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Displaced by Fighting in Northern Myanmar, Thousands Continue to Live in Makeshift Camps
June 11, 2015
Kachinland News
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Keynote Address By Daw Seng Raw: 4th Anniversary Of Kachin War
June 9, 2015
Aljarzzera America
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Repats help revitalize Myanmar
June 8, 2015
UN News Centre
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UN rights office calls on Myanmar to release jailed columnist and guarantee free expression
June 3, 2015
Myanmar Times
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Is it a tender when the result is fixed?
June 3, 2015
Mizzima
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Islamic State look to recruit Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar
June 3, 2015
The Irrawaddy
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Rohingya need to be treated as Burmese citizens
June 3, 2015
The New York Times
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Even in safety of Malaysia, Rohingya migrants face bleak prospects
June 3, 2015
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Thai army officer surrenders in human trafficking probe
June 3, 2015
The Irrawaddy
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Rohingya Huddled in Bangladesh Camps Fear Plan to Move Them On
June 3, 2015
Burma News International
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Minbya Township Faces Water Shortage
June 3, 2015
DVB
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Plant power offers hope for green energy in Burma
June 3, 2015
Myanmar Times
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Yoma Strategic chief executive talks leadership transition
June 3, 2015
Myanmar Times
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Central Bank urges government to reduce dollar use
June 3, 2015
DVB
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UEC defends errors on draft voter lists
June 3, 2015
The Irrawaddy
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USDP lawmaker calls for hard line on ‘boat people’
June 3, 2015
DVB
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Mutu Say Poe: Ethnic leaders ‘must be courageous’
June 3, 2015
Myanmar Times
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Ethnic military leaders urged to sign ceasefire accord
June 3, 2015
THE IRRAWADDY
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Burmese Monks Recognized for Interfaith Peace Efforts
June 3, 2015
THE IRRAWADDY
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Former ‘White Card’ Holders to Get a Turquoise Alternative: Official
June 3, 2015
REUTERS
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Myanmar lands over 700 migrants from seized boat – Reuters witness
June 3, 2015
Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
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China starts live-fire drills near Myanmar border
June 2, 2015
Myanmar is the Latest Destination for Fast Fashion Producers
May 29, 2015
Karen News
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Refugees Concerns Must be Address In Any Plans To Repatriate Them
May 4, 2015
THE IRRAWADDY
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On Union Day, Views on Aung San
February 12, 2015
Nikkei Asian Review
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Factory owners seek to reassure worried Western investors
February 6, 2015
THE IRRAWADDY
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Kachin Community Mourns Slain Schoolteachers in Rangoon
January 23, 2015
Mizzima
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Mizzima News: ‘We want our return to be guaranteed by policy and law’
January 20, 2015
The Irrawaddy
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The Irrawaddy Business Roundup (Jan. 10, 2015)
January 10, 2015
The Wall Street Journal
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Japan’s Misadventures in Burma
January 6, 2015
Mazzima
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Exiled activists call for clearer policy on return
December 17, 2014
Bernard Testa
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HUMAN RIGHTS DAY | Exiled Burmese student activist wants to go home
December 10, 2014
THE IRRAWADDY
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Burma’s Exiles Want Clear Rules for Return
December 2, 2014
Bangkok Post
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Persecution of Rohingya is Asean’s disgrace
November 14, 2014
Time
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If Obama Only Talks About One Thing in Burma It Must Be the Rohingya
November 13, 2014
The Irrawaddy
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Obama’s Chance to Make Burma a Genuine Foreign Policy Success
November 11, 2014
The Myanmar Times
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Special rapporteur underscores need for new rights resolution
October 27, 2014
The Irrawaddy
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World Bank Should Promote Human Rights in Burma, NGOs Say
October 7, 2014
The Myanmar Times
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Rights body shake-up under fire
September 29, 2014
Radio Free Asia
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Myanmar Revamps Human Rights Panel Amid Criticism from Rights Groups
September 25, 2014
The Irrawaddy
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NGOs Slam Performance of National Human Rights Commission
September 25, 2014
The Jakarta Globe
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The Pall of Silence Around Myanmar’s Fictitious Democracy
June 3, 2014
Democratic Voice of Burma
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Experts Urge Transparency in Burma’s Businesses
May 12, 2014
Democratic Voice of Burma
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Unity Journalists’ Lawyer objects to Court Procedure
April 29, 2014
Democratic Voice of Burma
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Ethnic Leaders Discuss Ceasefire in Chiang Mai
April 29, 2014
The Irrawaddy
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Health Crisis in Arakan after Aid Groups Forced Out
April 29, 2014
Condolences on the Death of U Win Tin
April 21, 2014
Myanmar Freedom Daily
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People of ASEAN Stand Up To Be Counted
March 25, 2014
The Myanmar Times
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Why donors should insist the census be postponed
March 24, 2014
openDemocracy
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Refugees on the Thai-Burma border: ready for return?
March 24, 2014
Myanmar Freedom Daily
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Myanmar’s Chance to Set a Positive Benchmark for ASEAN Civil Society
March 20, 2014
The Myanmar Times
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Why the Special Rapporteur is Needed as Much as Ever
March 17, 2014
DVB
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Norway-backed Burma peace initiative ‘probably’ to end
January 12, 2014
RFA
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Interview with Khin Ohmar about ASEAN
October 24, 2013
The Irrawaddy
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Only One Side of the Story of Reform in Burma
October 17, 2013
The Myanmar Times
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More cooperation vital to protect refugees
October 7, 2013
The Myanmar Times
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West to push for another UN resolution
September 15, 2013
IPS
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Rule of law still evades Myanmar 25 years after uprising
August 14, 2013
NPR
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As Myanmar Opens Up, A Look Back On A 1988 Uprising
August 8, 2013
The World Outline
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Myanmar: human rights defenders sentenced for protesting against the Letpadaung Copper Mine
July 14, 2013
Mizzima
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Latpadaung activists say they’re ready to fight charges
June 21, 2013
Democratic Voice of Burma
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The peace process and land rights
June 18, 2013
Democratic Voice of Burma
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Copper mine activists face prison for ‘insulting’ police
June 17, 2013
The Myanmar Times
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Refugee return must be voluntary, insists UNHCR
April 22, 2013
The Best Friend
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Forced to Flee, Women from Burma Now Pressured to Return
March 3, 2013
The Myanmar Times
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Uncertainty clouds Myanmar refugee plan: NGO
February 25, 2013
GlobalPost
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Will Myanmar’s War Refugees be Forced Home Against their Will?
January 2, 2013
The Nation
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Talk of Repatriation Spurs Tension in Border Camps
December 24, 2012
AlterNews
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3 Brave Women Who Risk Their Lives for Justice
December 14, 2012
Mizzima
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International condemnation for Monywa crackdown
December 2, 2012
Radio Free Asia and Kamayut Media
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Video: Khin Ohmar’s Burma Trip Conclusion (Interview)
November 23, 2012
Mizzima
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Land confiscation issue major concern for Burma’s rights groups
October 23, 2012
Insight on Conflict
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Women sidelined from Burma’s fledgling peace process
October 15, 2012
IPS
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Donors urged to tread carefully in Myanmar
October 15, 2012
IPS
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VIDEO: Don’t Rush Into Burma, Foreign Donors told
October 12, 2012
Mizzima
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Western ‘peace fund’ initiative criticized
October 12, 2012
VOA
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Burma Activists Say Funding Initiatives Could Undermine Peace Process
October 11, 2012
DVB
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Mae Tao Clinic snubs gov’t request to return to Burma
September 18, 2012
DVB
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World Bank grant could ‘exacerbate’ problems in border regions
August 10, 2012
United Press International
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Myanmar Releases Political Prisoners
July 3, 2012
The Irrawaddy
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Burma ‘Not Ready’ for Truth Commission
June 15, 2012
Los Angeles Times
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Myanmar forces struggle to contain ethnic and religious violence
June 12, 2012
AAP
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Lifting of Burma sanctions ‘premature’
June 9, 2012
Bangkok Post
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Kachin urge world to address their conflict
June 9, 2012
DVB
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Kachin groups protest at Burmese embassy
June 6, 2012
The Economist
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Just a glimpse
June 5, 2012
Mizzima
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Suu Kyi home after ‘very satisfactory’ trip
June 4, 2012
Bangkok Post
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Activists, refugees await Suu Kyi’s visit
June 2, 2012
Foreign Policy
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It’s time for Aung San Suu Kyi to get serious about management
June 1, 2012
Bangkok Post
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No worries over Thein Sein no-show
May 29, 2012
The New Republic
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How the Optimism About Burma is Subverted By Its Never-Ending Civil War
May 21, 2012
VOA News
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Burma’s Exiled Activists Consider Returning Home
May 12, 2012
The Christian Science Monitor
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Aung San Suu Kyi ends boycott to make Myanmar parliamentary debut
May 1, 2012
Associated Press
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Myanmar exiles urge US go slow on easing sanctions
April 23, 2012
Associated Press
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Myanmar activists say go slow on easing sanctions
April 21, 2012
IPS
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Multilaterals warned not to go too far, too fast in Myanmar
April 18, 2012
InterAksyon.com
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Suu Kyi win is in regime’s interests – Burmese activists
March 31, 2012
InterAksyon.com
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Phnom Penh hotel bars presentation on Myanmar situation, gov’t hand eyed
March 30, 2012
Foreign Policy
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Burma’s women are paving the road to freedom
March 30, 2012
BBC
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Burma’s by-elections: A vote of confidence
March 29, 2012
SHAN
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Woman dissident peels mask off today’s Myanmar
March 9, 2012
The Nation
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Real reform in Burma an uphill task, activists say
March 9, 2012
IRIN
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Humanitarian Cost of Economic Development
February 27, 2012
DPA
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Fire Razes 500 Huts in Karen Refugee Camp
February 24, 2012
IPS
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Burma in the Throes of Change – Part II
February 12, 2012
IPS
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Burma in the Throes of Change – Part 1
February 7, 2012
IPS
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Political Prisoners Freed – Conditionally
January 18, 2012
VOA
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Aung San Suu Kyi Files Papers to Run for Burmese Parliament
January 18, 2012
Global Post
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Will politics sully Aung San Suu Kyi?
December 7, 2011
The Wall Street Journal
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The Burmans’ Big Brother Complex
December 2, 2011
The Jakarta Globe
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In a Premature Nod to Burma, ASEAN Misses a Chance to Drive Real Change
November 20, 2011
The Nation
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Asean Should Bide Its Time on Burma Getting Key Role
November 6, 2011
IRIN
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In Brief: Activists call for delay in Myanmar’s ASEAN chairmanship
October 26, 2011
The Irrawaddy
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Exiles Want More Change Before Burma Given Asean Chair
October 26, 2011
The Jakarta Post
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RI to assess development in Myanmar
October 20, 2011
The Jakarta Post
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RI told to delay ASEAN decision on Myanmar chair bid
October 19, 2011
Asia Views Magazine
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ASEAN’s Chance in Burma
October 2, 2011
The Peninsula
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Set up probe council for Myanmar: Asian NGOs
September 9, 2011
Mizzima
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Exiles put forward ‘benchmarks’ for Burma’s government
August 29, 2011
The Irrawaddy
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‘Welcome Home’ Greeted with Skepticism
August 18, 2011
The Irrawaddy
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Suu Kyi Addresses Community of Democracies
July 4, 2011
The Irrawaddy
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A Grim Trade: Trafficking Palaung Women to China
June 14, 2011
IRIN
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Aid workers welcome Burmese refugee census
June 9, 2011
Bangkok Post
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Burma not confirmed as chair in 2014
May 9, 2011
The Irrawaddy
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Burmese Civil Society Groups Face Impasse at Asean Summit
May 4, 2011
The Irrawaddy
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First US Ambassador to Asean Expected to Press Burma
April 29, 2011
The Irrawaddy
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Amid Calls for ‘Panglong II,’ Ramos-Horta Offers to Mediate
November 26, 2010
VOA
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Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi Released from House Arrest
November 13, 2010
Mizzima
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Clashes carry on between DKBA and junta troops
November 12, 2010
The Age
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Burma’s junta claims election
November 9, 2010
VOA
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Fighting Cools on Burma-Thai Border
November 9, 2010
Bloomberg News
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Burma Border Clash Sends Thousands to Thailand After Election
November 8, 2010
The Wall Street Journal
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Ethnic Strife Hits Burma Border
November 8, 2010
Mizzima
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Burma protesters confront UN leader in Bangkok
October 27, 2010
The Irrawaddy
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Still Time to Make Election Inclusive, Says Ban
October 26, 2010
The Jakarta Post
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Regional efforts needed to push for democracy
September 30, 2010
AFP
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Myanmar deprives ‘millions’ of vote in ethnic areas
September 17, 2010
The Irrawaddy
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Call for War Crimes Inquiry Foils UN Envoy’s Trip
August 10, 2010
The Straits Times
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Burmese leader plays his cards right
July 31, 2010
Business Mirror
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Asean FMs urged to prod Burma to democratize
July 20, 2010
Mizzima News
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Filipino activists urge Aquino to take action on Burma
July 1, 2010
Mail & Guardian
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Another birthday, another empty chair for Suu Kyi
June 19, 2010
VOA
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Burma’s Detained Democracy Leader Honored Globally for 65th Birthday
June 18, 2010
Merinews
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Honouring Suu Kyi to condemn military election in Burma
June 16, 2010
The Journal Gazette
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Burmese protest country’s military despots
June 1, 2010
The Inquirer
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Aquino urged to lead ASEAN push for Burma’s democracy
May 30, 2010
The Jakarta Globe
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Lawmakers Urged to Boycott Results Of Upcoming Polls in Junta-Led Burma
May 30, 2010
Asia Calling
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Burma Campaigners Demand Leadership from ASEAN
May 29, 2010
Sinar Harapan
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AIPMC Serukan Boikot Pemilu Myanmar
May 29, 2010
Tribune News
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Ekonomi Negeri Burma Amburadul
May 28, 2010
Mizzima
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Migrant workers vote in ‘People’s Ballot’ campaign
May 27, 2010
The Irrawaddy
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Mae Sot’s Global Day of Action
May 27, 2010
AsiaNews.it
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Buddhists and Christians in Sri Lanka: a postcard for democracy in Myanmar
May 27, 2010
The Jakarta Post
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Myanmar may descend into chaos post-election: Civil groups
May 27, 2010
The Jakarta Post
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Myanmar may descend into chaos post-election: Civil groups
May 27, 2010
Democratic Voice of Burma
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Burma flag ‘erases ethnic armies’
May 20, 2010
The Irrawaddy
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Artist Jane Birkin Tours Mae Sot
May 14, 2010
VOA
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Activists Hold Little Hope for 2010 Elections in Burma
April 26, 2010
Business Mirror
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Rights groups to Asean: Keep junta on leash
April 14, 2010
Cairns Magazine
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Timid ASEAN Still Fails on Burma Issue
April 8, 2010
Business Mirror
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Regional Rights Groups Fret Over Burma
March 29, 2010
Bangkok Post
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Groups seek Asean support for refugees
March 29, 2010
All Voices
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The Election in Burma Will Not Solve the Political Crisis on that Country
March 28, 2010
RFA
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အာဆီယံျမန္မာပုိင္းဆုိင္ရာ အလုပ္အဖြဲ႔ရဲ႕ ညွိႏႈိင္းေဆာင္ရြက္ေရးမႈး ဦးေအာင္မ်ိဳးမင္းအားRFA မွေတြ႔ဆုံေမးျမန္းျခင္း
March 26, 2010
Mizzima News
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Burmese democracy activists denounce 2010 polls
March 19, 2010
The Irrawaddy
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Opposition: International Community Must Reject Election
March 19, 2010
Narinjara News
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Protest against Burma election laws
March 17, 2010
Mizzima News
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Philipino activists set three conditions for polls in Burma
March 16, 2010
Cairns Media Magazine
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Smiles Hide the Pain For Pillaged Burmese
March 15, 2010
Business Mirror
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New Burma election law ‘a farce’
March 11, 2010
The China Post
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Groups here fight for human rights in Burma
March 8, 2010
FTV
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Activists Protest Against Burmese
March 7, 2010
IPS
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Amid Threats, Women Dissidents Stick to Political Beliefs
March 4, 2010
Northern Philippine Times
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2010 elections ‘unacceptable’, Burmese activists call Junta for dialogue
February 28, 2010
Northern Philippine Times
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Burmese activists call for dialogue with the Junta
February 21, 2010
CNA
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緬甸大選在即 恐更多難民湧入泰
February 17, 2010
The Wall Street Journal
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Myanmar Dissident’s Release Spurs Questions
February 16, 2010
South China Morning Post
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Activists target Li’s Myanmar investments
February 8, 2010
The National (UAE)
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Myanmar election date is uncertain, but not who will win
February 4, 2010
Mizzima News
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Electoral preparations dominating junta actions
February 1, 2010
Democratic Voice of Burma
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Burma freedom is ‘worst of the worst’
January 13, 2010
Narinjara News
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Demanding authentic reconciliation before 2010 Burma polls
December 13, 2009
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Voices of Refugees – Situation of Burma’s Refugees Along the Thailand-Burma Border
“အစိုးရသစ္ႏွင့္ ျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံ လူ႔အခြင့္အေရး အေျခအေန” အစီရင္ခံစာ
Southeast Asia Opium Survey 2014 – Lao PDR, Myanmar
‘If they had hope, they would speak’: The Ongoing Use of State-Sponsored Sexual Violence in Burma’s Ethnic Communities
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