Bangladesh urged by UN to ensure NGO access for people fleeing Rakhine state
August 7, 2012 No Comment
The United Nations refugee agency today urged Bangladesh authorities to ensure that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can continue to provide assistance to unregistered people who have fled the violence in neighbouring Myanmar’s Rakhine state, after reports emerged of Government authorities banning them from carrying out their activities. “Last Thursday, three non-governmental organizations – Médecins Sans Frontières, [...]
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Myanmar journalists rally were held last Saturday in Myanmar against the officials of the Board of Censors for suspending two weekly magazines such as Voice Weekly and Envoy. Numbering about 60 of the media groups were dressed in black T-shirts with prints written on it “Stop Killing Media”. The journalists were gathering the signatures of [...]
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President Thein Sein of Myanmar has addressed strongly the 14 political parties in a meeting held in Nay Pyi Taw last Saturday to support his action and advocacy towards the three point objective of the government for political stability, achieving peace with the armed ethnic groups and socio-economic development for the country. The government cannot [...]
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Myanmar needs to tackle serious human rights challenges for democratic transition and national reconciliation to succeed, an independent United Nations human rights expert said at the end of a six-day visit to the country. Tomás Ojea Quintana, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, noted a number of positive developments during his [...]
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Myanmar will be the host country for the coming 2012 Suzuki Cup qualifying tournament from October 5 -13. In this regard, the National Football Team of Myanmar will exchange friendly competition against the football players of Japan in preparation for this remarkable event as disclosed by the sports circle on Thursday. This simple idea of [...]
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Myanmar import ban was extended for one year by the US Congress even in the presence of various reforms carried out by the Myanmar government. Votes were done separately by the House of Representatives and the Senate. US President Barack Obama has lifted several sanctions in the country and on July 11, 2012 he approved [...]
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An incident of gas explosion was reported in Magway region believed to be a hydrogen peroxide chemical plant in Chauk. The explosion took place last Thursday at around 1:00 p.m. local time. According to sources, the explosion was heard at a distance of 5 kilometres from where it happened. It is said that the chemical [...]
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Sources from SSA South revealed that last July 30, the Burmese Army started military operation against them in Loi Ye mountain range, Namzang township. There had been reports that 3 clashes had been noted since then between the Burmese army and the SSA’s Gawn Zerng Column. The operation was headed by the Faikhun (Pekhon) based [...]
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World Bank has offered the Myanmar government to reorganize the loan incurred with an arrears amounting to $397 million. The first step is to clean up all the arrears by January before loans could be availed of. According to Pamela Cox, the World Bank’s vice-president for East Asia and the Pacific, they are coordinating with [...]
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Tomas Ojea Quintana and representatives from the United Nations Human Rights visited Western part of Myanmar last Tuesday where the reported incident of communal conflict occurred. This is being investigated by the group wherein tens of thousands left their homes for fear of their lives and 78 casualties were reported to have suffered in this [...]
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