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| Title: | | "The Myanmar Times" December 17-23, 2012, No. 657
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| Date of publication: | | 23 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Police make arrests over mine protest...Thousands of monks
protest, issue demands...USDP has no
plans to change
voting system,
says U Htay Oo...UN, govt urge housing for
nation’s low-income earners...More than
1000 detained
in Rakhine,
says minister...Justice is
needed at
Letpadaung:
Daw Suu...Lack of development
sparked riots: govt...Myanmar media industry still sceptical...Program aims to
upgrade worker skills...Commission will report over
300 land grabs to hluttaw...Rights commission submits
draft law to president’s office...Vipassana
proponent
SN Goenka to
give lectures
this month...MCDC facing action over evictions...Ward, village
administrator
selection to
finish Dec 30
in Mandalay...Heads of three
Buddha images
stolen in Inwa...SNDP prepares for
national assembly...Members
should
work for
party:
Daw Suu...NLD warns over ward complaints...Lack of jobs for
disabled costing
$1.2b, say NGOs...Paleoclimatic study
begins in Mon, Kayin...Miners call for more
talks after chairman
misses Dec 3 meeting...Arrested miners charged...Ministry urges
mothers to agree
to blood tests...Townace destroyed in fire...No belief in peace process: survey...KDDI tests waters
in Myanmar...Marine fish exports slump, says MMFA...Dyeing firms hope to grow with garment sector...Ministry issues LPG
cylinder warning...Heritage forum focuses on Theingyi Market...Shwegondaing flyover ready by late 2013.....FOREIGN RELATIONS: Ministry to
seek more
talks with
Thailand
on workers...Sweden asks India to clarify
arms presence in Myanmar...Association, Dutch firm
team up on milk project...Myanmar centre of fight
against drugs, says UN...UNICEF
gets new
country
chief...Corporate social responsibility in Myanmar...UN under secretary general Amos makes visit...Sensation Jason Mraz
performs live in Yangon:
What do you have to say?...Mining chief asks businesses to fight slavery...OECD calls on Oz to
mull sovereign fund...Vietnamese prawn farmers
consider Myanmar venture...Woodside buys 50pc stake in MPRL’s A-6 block.....
OPINION: "Corruption index: an exercise in futility" - Derek Tonkin...Why I opposed tribunal law changes - Ye Tun.....
TIME OUT: Comedian Zarganar finds
humour in his darkest days...Sung Thin Par ends
seven year hiatus...English language arts mag to hit stands...‘The Final
Exhibit
2012’ at
Gallery 65...Performance artists create change...Food Review.....SOCIALITE.....TRAVEL: Haphazard observations about Nepal.....CLASSIFIEDS.....MT QUICK GUIDE |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "Myanmar Times" |
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| Date of entry/update: | | 03 January 2013 |
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"The Myanmar Times" (English) 2012
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 3 January 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 03 January 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | EXECUTIVE: Appointment of Sagaing Region Minister..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Bounden duty [of national integration]...Independence
Day State flag saluting
live on
TV...Community Cup 2013 goes to Yangon United FC...Community Cup 2013 goes to Yangon United FC...Mandalay Hill Biking Contest
organized...Hot line set up to give quick response to traffic accidents on
Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay expressway...Tatmadaw seizes heavy weapons, arms,
ammunition from transit point of KIA...Five per cent tax handed over to DAC fund...Literary Day marked...Books, CDs, VCDs donated to village library in
Myaung Township...Students Futsal contest goes
on in Pyapon...Loans
disbursed to
vendors of
Taungdwingyi...Diesel bowser
hits lamp-post
in Mawlu...Buddha Dhamma Desana recited...Tube-well launched in Thayet
Township...Free clinic
opened in
Yinmabin
Township...Fine arts
works
accepted for
display...New school buildings opened in Lewe Township...View of New Year...KIA group disrupts
regional development,
security...Kawthoung TV
retransmission station in
service since 17 Dec.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Appointment of Sagaing Region Minister...India interested in Myanmar agriculture research
& education...Former Prime Minister of
Japan arrives in Yangon...Chinese artistes join Myanmar
counterparts for joint-performace.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "The need for initiative".....
ARTICLE: "New democracy nation and ongoing reforms" Editorial Board (Continued from
yesterday)..."A beach to visit on the sidelines
of Ngwehsaung trip" Pe Thaw Yi.....POEM: "Our Independence" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
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| Title: | | Supplement to ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY OF BURMA/MYANMAR (Fourth Edition) Articles for November 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 02 January 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | This is the seventh in a series of supplements to the fourth edition of The Electrical Industry of Burma/Myanmar
which was published in April 2012. Approximately 350 cross-linked articles in the original cover many aspects of
the industry including the development of the hydro and thermal power resources of the country, the increasing
intervention of foreign and national companies in this economic sector, the production of electrical and electronic
goods, government plans and regulation of the industry, the development of the national power grid and alternative
and sources of electricity, among others. This supplement covers articles published in November, 2012. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Courier Research Associates |
| Format/size: | | pdf (158K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 02 January 2013 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 29 December 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 29 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Forging of unity among national races...Three Himalayan vultures caught in
Hinthada Township...5% of tax payment handed over
to DAC fund...Tax educative essay, cartoon contests held...Sales of motorbike soar in Pakokku...National races entrepreneurs office
opened in Muse...Water purifier for BEMS in
Kyauktan Township...Course for sports photographer
organized in Mandalay...Thuta Htetlin Library and Dragon traditional
boxing gymnasium put into service...Myanmar selected keeper Thiha Sithu joins
Yadanarbon FC...Forest fire destroys four acres
of mung bean...Overheat of TV, regulator
starts fire...Cash and kind donated for
quake victims...Graduation parade of Defence Services Institute of Nursing and
Paramedical Sciences Intake No.10 held...Commander-in-Chief of
Defence Services attends
graduation dinner for 10th
Intake of Defence Services
Institute of Nursing and
Paramedical Sciences...New ward administrator elected...Daily private newspapers get green light.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein accepts
credentials of Japanese Ambassador
to Myanmar...President U Thein Sein accepts
credentials of Russian Ambassador
to Myanmar...Myanmar, Japan sign
Exchange of Notes...Union FM sends congratulatory message to
Japanese Counterpart...KOICA donates 100 footballs to the Sports
Ministry...Union FM meets Russian
Ambassador to Myanmar...President U Thein Sein sends
congratulatory message to Japanese PM...
Indices to be set to measure real profitability of projects to society.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Public participation and
administrative capacity".....ARTICLE: "Essence of independence and course of actions for true democracy" Aye Chan Thu.....INTERVIEW: "Interview with Deputy Minister U Than Swe on
President’s Ratnagiri trip" Interviewer:
Mg Tway Htet Photos: Ko Htwe |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 30 December 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 30 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Respect the law...Emphasis on control of illegal trade...Farmland ownership and
registration process clarified...MFF
organizes
annual
meetings...Tyre blowout car accident on
Yangon-Mandalay Highway...A collision between a vehicle,
a motorbike on Razahtani
Road...Five people hurt after Toyota
Hilux Surf overturns on
expressway...More than 150-year-old
99-door-and-window building
in Magway...Fire drill in Yedashe...Three-month pregnant young
woman who fell into well dies...Illegal teak, hardwood seized in
Nawngkhio Township...Taungdwingyi Township to get new ward/
village administrators...Yangon-Pathein-Chaungtha bus line launched...Repaved road put into service in Katha...Stake driven for township
hospital in Ywangan...Raw opium seized in
Waingmaw...Ward/village administrators
elected in Bago...Two jade stones weighing 800
viss seized...Apyauk villages illuminated
on self-reliant basis...Village BEMS gets staff quarter in Pakokku
Township...December mass walk activities organized...Union A&I Minister oversees land reclamation of 3000 acre
mechanized farm of Ngalaik Irrigated Area in Dekkhinathiri Tsp...Deputy Energy
Minister calls
for higher
productivity...Inter-township Mr & Ms Contests on 6 Jan...School scouting cultivates
sense of duty: Union
minister...Ministry of Cooperatives
holds coordination meeting...18th graduation of State Pariyatti Sasana Universities
(Yangon/Mandalay) held...Tender scrutiny ceremony for
implementation of rural area development
tasks for 2012-2013 fiscal year held...Basic Life Support Training for
Ambulance Crews opened...Department of Meteorology and Hydrology
Monthly Weather Forecast for January, 2013
Issued on 29-12-2012...Academy awarding ceremony
live on TV.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Housing affordability".....
ARTICLES: "Ambitious goal to achieve" Thurein (Hpa-an)..."What independence tastes" Lu Nyein Thit..."Myanmar’s first-ever 500 KV power grid" Maung Maung Myint Swe.....POEM: "Decorating the motherland" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (6.3MB) |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Monday 31 December 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 31 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Use of administrative power effectively and efficiently...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham attends award presentation to
outstanding students...Summary of observations at
9.30 hr MST on 30-12-2012...Road construction sites in
Nay Pyi Taw inspected...Historic
Relic Pagoda
festival held
in Yedashe...Shwedagon Pagoda witnesses
record high tourist arrivals in
2012...Thanbyuzayat BEHS No. 1
celebrates golden jubilee...Small loans disbursed to
Kayah State cooperative
societies...Sinmakaw model village enjoys
electricity supply...Mothers, babies receive medical
check-ups in Tamway Township...Overturned
truck leaves
two dead, seven
wounded...Substitution of concrete sleepers for
Thazi-Shwenyaung railroad section...Agricultural bank discusses loan repayment
with farmers...Inmya Thaya football ground ready to be used...Second Inter-Basic Education School
Sports Competition...Tube-well launched in Nyaungshwe...Sales of mobile phone discussed at MPT...Monghsat District clinches title
in Chief Minister’s Cup...Fund shared to Township DAC...5400 stimulant tablets seized
in Nawngkhio...Border Affairs Ministry oversees rural development
in self-administered division/zones...Yangon Mayor oversees development tasks...
India’s oldest club hit with two-year ban...Movies, being able to depict histories, real life stories, future scenarios,
common characteristics and unique qualities of national races communities of
respective regions, can manifest national identity, crucial for the nation...
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: CB Bank to join hands with Japanese BTMU.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "The southern hope".....ARTICLE: "Safeguarding Independence" Shwe Taing Lwin.....POEM: "A better country" Myo Myat Myat Myint Maung |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 1 January 2013
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| Date of publication: | | 01 January 2013 |
| Description/subject: | | EXECUTIVE: Resignation of Sagaing Region Minister
allowed...Reshuffle of Sagaing Region
government..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein’s New Year radio message
to the entire people far and wide the nation...Coordinated approach should be adopted for budget allocation...Agreement reached on provision of aids
for Rakhine State and quake victims...New school buildings
for BEMS (Branch) in
Ottarathiri Township...Book show
organized in
Thaton...Invaluable Mural paintings
in Minbu...Two motorbikes collide
head-on in Sagaing...Archway of Khaymarthiwum
monastery in Pyinmana renovated...Event Management Course
(2/2012) concludes...Talks on anti-human trafficking given in Pyay...Illegally sawn timber seized in Sagaing,
Taninthayi, Bago regions...Suspension bridge helps rural people enjoy fruits of
transportation...Spill of crude oil destroys
farmlands...Over 69 grams of marijuana
seized in Pyay...Stimulant tablets seized in
Yamethin Township...Local people actively participate in mass walk of December...Significant temperatures
on (31-12-2012).....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Bell from the US to arrive in
Shwedagon in second week of
January...Union Foreign Affairs
Minister felicitates Cuban
Foreign Minister...President U Thein Sein
felicitates President of Cuba...Vice-President U Nyan Tun enjoys joint-performance of Fine Arts
Department, Xinxiang cultural troupe of the PRC.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Auld Lang Syne".....ARTICLES: "AS WE RING IN THE YEAR 2013"
Maung Hlaing..."New democracy nation and ongoing reforms" Editorial Board..."New 3000-acre farmland to emerge soon in Nay Pyi" Taw Ramanya-Thway Mon.....POEM: "A blooming flower" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
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| Date of entry/update: | | 02 January 2013 |
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| Title: | | Myanmar’s current peace processes : a new role for women?
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| Date of publication: | | December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Introduction: "Myanmar has experienced one of the most complex and long
lasting armed conflicts in the world. Since 1948, successive military
governments have come to power under the guise of managing
diverse ethnic armed groups with demands for self-determination
and the granting of equal rights to ethnic nationalities. While a lack
of democracy has often been seen as Myanmar’s main challenge, in
fact the most influential factor in the country’s ethnic conflict is the
militarisation of the government. On the one hand the newly elected
government is pushing democratic reforms, and on the other, the
emergence of a sustainable and just state of peace remains an issue
of concern, especially among the general population. The inclusion of
women in the peace processes in Myanmar is minimal but awareness
among women in civil society of the importance of inclusion is high.
This Opinion Piece will endeavor to assess the roles of women and
their contributions in the current complex dynamics in Myanmar, and
suggest ways in which they could be developed in the interests of a
just, sustainable peace in the country."
....Conclusion:
"Despite cultural perceptions and the male-dominated political setting
which places constraints on acknowledging women’s leadership, the
changing political context is an open door to expand the participation
of women in peace processes. One should acknowledge that
the awareness-raising on gender mainstreaming and women’s
empowerment programmes, which has been supported by international
organisations, is contributing towards women’s ability to expand
their participation in the public domain. In addition, the commitment
to support Myanmar’s peace processes and the influence from the
international community encourage the leaders of all parties involved in
current peace processes to reflect on the inclusion of women. Though
there is some will and interest from male political leaders to include
women in peace processes, it does not come automatically. The
peace door is not locked for women but a strong and collective effort
is still needed to open the door for women’s participation in the peace
processes in Myanmar." |
| Author/creator: | | Ja Nan Lahtaw & Nang Raw |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | The Centre for Humanitaian Dialogue (The HD Centre) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (225K-OBL version; 435K-original) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.hdcentre.org/files/Myanmar%20FINAL.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 01 January 2013 |
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| Title: | | The Rocky Road to Recovery (interview with Lex Rieffel)
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| Date of publication: | | 30 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "Since joining the Brookings Institution in 2002, Rieffel, a former US Treasury Department staff economist, has made Myanmar’s economic transition a focus of his policy research work. He was in the country in October and November to assess foreign aid to Myanmar.....In terms of economic revival, what are Myanmar’s most pressing needs?
An economy, even a rudimentary one like Myanmar’s, is a complex system. This means that to perform at a high level, a large number of elements need to be functioning properly at the same time. Right now, it is hard to identify a single element that is functioning properly.
Substantial progress has been made since March 2011 in removing obstacles to proper functioning, like ending some monopolies and abandoning the official exchange rate, but much more needs to be done to have a properly functioning electrical system, telecommunications system, banking system, land tenure system, trade regime, foreign exchange regime, etc.
Furthermore, in complex systems, it is necessary for the number of properly functioning elements to grow until a “tipping point” is reached before the benefits of improvements can be easily seen.
What is needed to ensure that the whole country benefits from Myanmar’s sizable natural gas reserves?.." |
| Author/creator: | | William Boot |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "The Irrawaddy" |
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| Date of entry/update: | | 01 January 2013 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 27 December 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 27 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein calls for cutting “red tape”...
Myanmar’s oldest living
trees...Literary talks
held in Insein
Township...Publications
for Alin Say
Taman library
in Indaw
Township...Danubyu, Laymyethna Townships see
infrastructural development in education,
health sectors...Cash and
kind for 50-
bed People’s
Hospital in
Myanaung
Township...Construction of PyinOoLwin
ring road nearing completion...Electricity supply for Thedaw
in Yesagyo Township...2013 MNL League to be launched 5 Jan...Auto-telephone lines already repaired in
Taunggyi...Literary talks on
Independence
Day held in
Kawlin...Myanmar Society of Mechanical
Engineers to be founded...Rail tracks upgraded near
Kawche station in Bago...Passenger ships take care of declining water
level in Ayeyawady River...Development of village library
emphasized...Bago Region
WAO, MCWSC
donate offertories
to nunnery...New gravel road
commissioned in Homalin...Christmas feast served...Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Investigation Commission
Press Release No. 4/2012
13th Waxing of Nadaw, 1374 ME
(26th December, 2012) [The Government is taking responsibilities for providing medical treatments to
those injured in Letpadaungtaung copper mine incident in Salingyi Township, Monywa
District, Sagaing Region.]...Inter-Basic Education School Sports Contests
continue...New village project introduced...Cohesiveness among regional authorities and Union ministries
key to comprehensive planning: President...Air Bagan holds press conference
on passenger plane crash.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: ROK government and
people donate cash for
quake victims.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Safety first" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
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| Date of entry/update: | | 27 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Friday 28 December 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 28 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Industrialization is a must to improve economic
performance of the nation...Basic framework for economic and social
reforms approved at the third meeting of
Planning Commission on 26-12-2012...Pakokku elects first woman ward
administrator...Tamu on the fast track to
development...Unidentified man found
dead in Thakayta Township...Fire breaks out in Paungde
Township...Power supply
resumes after
eight-hour
blackout in
Heho...Kyondo of Kayin State
celebrates annual bonfire
festival...YCDC dredges drains, creeks in Dagon Myothit
(East) Township...Rural clinic built in Indaw Township...Bago facilitated with traffic light...How to write clearly and
correctly Myanmar...Triplet born
in Yekyi
Township...Reading skill contest held in Mayangon...YCDC raises collection of
sanitation tax...Eye surgical machine donated
to Haka Hospital
...Myanmar Gazette...Dinner hosted to delegates to 13th Myanmar Traditional
Medicine Practitioners’ Conference...Subject-wise research paper
reading session held...Myanmar’s alternative medicines, handed down by our ancestors,
had and still have an influential role in Myanmar’s healthcare...World has seen life-threatening diseases because of changing lifestyle and eating habits one after
another on a daily basis nowadays while some diseases have begun resistant to modern medicines.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Mandalarian literati in
Yunnan...Best traditional cane-ballers wanted for
SEA Games...Appointment of
Ambassador agreed on...PETRONAS grants scholarships to
outstanding Myanmar students...Japan to help Myanmar install second radar system.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "3Rs plus 3Cs".....ARTICLE: "Trust in reform" Min Bahtoo (Continued from 21
December) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.6MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 27 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | Burma Children Medical Fund
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| Description/subject: | | "The Burma Children Medical Fund (BCMF) is a program dedicated to raising money for children from Burma with serious medical problems who are disadvantaged as a result of the political turmoil in Burma. On this website you will find a brief introduction to the situation along the Thai-Burma border and at the Mae Tao Clinic; see pictures of children you can help; read about the medical conditions that BCMF funds treatment for and see how donations are managed and used.
BCMF is currently expanding its program to include special adult and women’s cases. Please see Burma Adult Medical Fund (BAMF) and Women’s Gynaecological Surgery Fund (WGSF) for more information. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Burma Children Medical Fund |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.burmachildren.net/our-cases/women/ |
| Date of entry/update: | | 26 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 26 December 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 26 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Summary of observations at
9.30 hr MST on 25-12-2012...Weather Bulletin...Cash and kind for local people, students
in Mansi Township...Motorcyclist knocked down by a car...Smart sealions at Zoological Garden
(Nay Pyi Taw)...A young woman hangs herself
in Toungoo...Referee and officiating course
of MWF concludes...Insein Township organizes mass walks...Mon State High Court holds
prize-giving ceremony...Literary talks given in Pyay...Emergency response team for Chin State...Yoma Yangon International Marathon on 27
January...Umbrella to be hoisted on
Fullmoon day of Nadaw...New Tawwin bus line launched in Padaung...Mandalay NBB to honour
blood donors...New ward/
village
administrators
elected in
Sagaing...TUNE-UP MATCH HELD; BOOKS
DONATED [photos]...Myanmar celebrates X’mas at Myanmar Baptist
Church of Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana...Yangon to host Academy night...Two died, nine injured in Heho
plane accident...Investigation Commission formed to
probe into plane crash in Heho...Significant night temperatures
(25-12-2012).....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura
U Shwe Mann receives Chinese guests...Thai entrepreneurs hold talks with UMFCCI
officials...Efforts made
for declining
illegal trade
at Myanmar-
India border
in Tamu...Vietnam to make investment in
Myanmar’s fisheries sector...Thura U Thet Oo Maung
presents Credentials to
Egyptian President...Myanmar establishes diplomatic
relations with Iceland...Labour issues for Myanmar migrant
workers in Thailand discussed.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Long live the Republic of
the Union of Myanmar!".....
ARTICLES: "Cooperation with understanding of genuine goodwill needed" Aung Theinga..."Independence Day, simply unforgettable" Ko Tin Maung
Oo (Ahlon)..."DMH, JICA to make concerted efforts for installation
of radars" Thun Wathan |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.8MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Monday 24 December 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 24 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Long-staple cotton purchasing centres
being kept open in Tatkon, Yamethin,
Pyawbwe Townships...Unidentified man found dead with
serious injuries in Pathein...Charity gala for quake victims on 5 January...New Mya Yi Nanda labour
room for Chanmyathazi
Township...Say Taman Yangon-Mandalay
coach bus-line put into service...Reducing infant and
mother mortality rate
key objective of Health
Ministry...Deputy Construction Minister oversees
Bayintnaung Bridge-2 construction project...Pyapon to get one more bridge soon...CASH DONATED; SANITATION CARRIED
OUT [photos]...Chin State Chief Minister awards winners in
football, tennis...Harvesting of monsoon paddy inspected on
model plot...Hsipaw celebrates
Shan New Year...Coord meeting on construction of Jade Pagoda, Jade
Dhammayon held...Moderate
earthquake
shakes northwest
of Monywa...Summary of
observations at
9.30 hr MST
Bay Inference.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Nippon Foundation provides humanitarian
assistance to war-torn villages in Mon State...Mon State Government meets Thai
delegation...Myanmar Ambassador
presents Credentials to
Maldivian President...WFP clarifies Kachin work plan for next three years...Gold entrepreneurs leave for India.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "The PSM goal" [PSM = Public Service Media].....
ARTICLES: "Bayintnaung Flyover: Yangon’s answer to traffic woes Byline: Maung Maung Myint Swe
Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alinn)..."Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary,
habitat for muntjacs"
Byline: Soe Soe Naing (Kyemon)
Photo: Zaw Win (Kyemon) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.8MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 24 December 2012 |
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>
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| Title: | | Rohingyas: Asylum seekers, not infiltrators
|
| Date of publication: | | 26 June 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "The Rohingya issue has received a fair degree of media coverage over the last few weeks. Admittedly, voices in favour of granting admission were far outweighed by those sharing the government's position of denying admission. While the former based their case on moral and legal grounds, the latter's case has been shaped by, what one may say, misguided notion of state interest and unsound understanding of the international human rights and refugee laws. Politicians, pundits and policy makers belonging to the latter group have put several reasons in justifying their position. This brief essay will examine the efficacy of their reasoning..." |
| Author/creator: | | C.R. Abrar |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "The Daily Star" (Bangladesh) |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 24 December 2012 |
| | ML > Refugees
>
Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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|
| Title: | | Opening doors to Rohingyas: duty, not charity
|
| Date of publication: | | 20 June 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "The current Rohingya crisis has once again underscored the need for the country to frame a national law for refugees. Such a law would lay down basic principles of refugee treatment and set up necessary administrative structures to deal with situations such as the Rohingya inflow. If proper procedures were in place the government’s reaction would not have been as reactive as it has been, writes CR Abrar..." |
| Author/creator: | | CR Abrar |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "New Age (Bangladesh) |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 24 December 2012 |
| | ML > Refugees
>
Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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|
| Title: | | Myanmar, Japan to build vast industrial zone
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| Date of publication: | | 21 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "Myanmar and Japan agreed to start work next year on a huge industrial zone near Yangon, officials from the two countries said Friday, as the impoverished nation hungrily eyes foreign investment.
The 2,400-hectare Thilawa project will include a port and industrial park and be up and running in 2015, according to Japan’s Ministry for Economic, Trade and Industries (METI)..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | AFP |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 24 December 2012 |
| | ML > Economy
>
Economic zones in Myanmar
>
Special Economic Zones
>
Other Special Economic Zones
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 25 December 2012
|
| Date of publication: | | 25 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: VISA users can draw cash from ATMs of
KBZ Bank...December mass walks in
Thayet Township...School-upgrading ceremonies held in
Zalun Township...Two buildings under unauthorized
construction demolished...Directorate of State Lottery to
select winners on 1 Jan...Victorious flag handed over to sports team...Workers make vigorous efforts in repairing rail tracks...Milk, refreshment fed to
students in Mudon...Horizon Cup Table Tennis
Tourney held...Development
of libraries
discussed...Chief Minister’s Cup U-19
Football Tourney wraps up...Dawei
Traditional
Costume
Contest to
produce
pageant ladies...Power lines installed in Pyinmana...Union minister calls for regular
maintenance of roads and bridges...Chin State’s fish consumption still unmet...Muse emerges champion in Kanbawza Cup
Golf Tourney...Two dwarf boxers draw in debut showdown.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein meets Chinese guests...VISA users can draw cash from ATMs of
KBZ Bank...MSF to make preliminary
selection of athletes...General Soe Win receives
NORINCO President...Course on conference management starts...Japan and France eye
investment in Myanmar...Union A&I Minister meets
Vietnamese delegation.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "When beautiful dreams come
true".....
ARTICLES: "Yangon Port Region to be upgraded into
international standard port"
Byline: Khin Maung Htwe
Photo: Tha Nyan..."Moyungyi wetland bird sanctuary: A safe
haven for seasonal migration of waterbirds" Soe Soe Naing (Kyemon).....POEM: "Our kin our strength" Yenatha Maung Kyaw Nyunt... |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (3.3MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 24 December 2012 |
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>
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"The New Light of Myanmar" 2012
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 23 December 2012
|
| Date of publication: | | 23 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: New Ngamoeyeik Bridge (Parami) put into
public service...Cold season crop cultivation needs more efforts
to meet targeted acreage in Thongwa,
Kayan Townships...Ayeyawady Region Traffic Rule Enforcement
Supervisory Committee meets...Padaukbin oil field sees 20th fire...Tatkon high school hosts
literary talks...Roads upgraded
in Katha...Anti-human trafficking entertainment draws
large audience...Cauliflower of cold season
crops in regular trading...Illegal timber, saw mills seized
in Falam, Bhamo Districts...Administrative law, rules
course opened...Biomedical Engineering
Training Course concludes...Second talent show of
National Culture and Fine
Arts University (Yangon)
performed...Investment opportunities in agricultural sector...Seminar on
ICT for
e-Government
held.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends
messages of felicitations to
Emperor of Japan, Japanese PM...President U Thein Sein visits the last king’s tomb in India...Writers, poets and journalists in Mandalay go on
excursion tour to Kunming...Anti-human trafficking entertainment draws
large audience...Union Foreign Affairs
Minister felicitates
Japanese FM...Union C & IT Minister meets
Thai ICT Minister and party...Myanmar invites Indian investments...President U Thein Sein arrives back from India.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Public transit efficiency" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (3.9MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 23 December 2012 |
| | RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar
>
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>
"The New Light of Myanmar" 2012
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|
| Title: | | "The Myanmar Times" 9-16 December 2012, Vol. 33 No. 656
|
| Date of publication: | | 16 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | NEWS : China vows
to respect
findings of
mine probe......Campaign
begins to
save site
linked to
Aung San..."Change yourself, change the nation" Dr Nyi Win Hman...Commission will find fair
solution, says NLD leader...Govt slams broadcast
on Rakhine violence...Monywa residents upset over
investigation team changes...Monks protest over police attack...NLD to
open HIV
prevention
and care
centre...Travel association vote
postponed until March...New rain record after
heavy falls in delta...President
cancels visit to
Australia, NZ...Injured monks could head
abroad for medical treatment...Monks not satisfied
with police apology...NLD members complain of
interference in assemblies...Govt issues fresh apology...Preparations begin
for ward, village
administrator vote...Half marathon to be held in January...Par Par Lay laughs
in face of govt ban...Education review ‘well underway’...Company refuses to leave privatised factory...Pyu seminar restarts Mon debate...Company
donates
water
purifiers...UN welcomes govt
plan to ratify treaty
against corruption...Myanmar again near foot of
global transparency rankings...UN calls for better
access to Kachin
State relief camps...Eleven Media website hacked...New HIV infections fell by
74pc over past decade: UN
(Myanmar one of 25 countries where new infections dropped by more than half)...IP law draft
to be sent to
hluttaw soon...Ballooning group returns to Myanmar...Training for Journalists [UNICEF]...Danish trade minister and delegation visit.....BUSINESS: Speculators
could stall
investment,
says minister...Domestic banks not ready for joint ventures...Sesame, the ideal crop for upper Myanmar...CBM invites
private money
changers...Thousands’ of new factories coming: MGMA...Zawtika gas
pipeline to flow
by 2014: officials...Sunkist makes
a splash with
MDG agreement...ANZ to open Yangon
representative office
in early 2014...EXIM Bank plots
representative office...Livestock, fisheries fair catches foreign eye...National development
plan for 2013 release.....TIMEOUT: Artist puts colour
balance on display...Street art ban will only
increase graffiti: artists...Beyond Pressure art
fest comes to close...Library takes boredom out of commute...The virtues of constructive insubordination...Once subversive,
book piracy now
plagues publishers...Tourism Myanmar Update.....SPORT: Myanmar cricket struggles for survival |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd. |
| Format/size: | | pdf (4.7MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 23 December 2012 |
| | RR > Private sector publications produced under censorship restrictions
>
Weekly magazines
>
"The Myanmar Times"
>
"The Myanmar Times" (English) 2012
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| Title: | | Maps of the World (including Burma/Myanmar
|
| Description/subject: | | Maps and satellite images...Russian Army maps: 1cm-500m; 1cm-1km; 1cm-2km; 1cm-5km; 1cm-10km...Russian topographic maps GGC: 1cm-250m; 1cm-1km; 1cm-2km...Old Russian Army maps: 1cm-500m...Russian water maps: 1cm-100m; 1cm-250m; 1cm-1km; 1cm-2km; 1cm-5km...US Army maps: 1cm-2.5km; 1cm-10km.....Metdata language, English or Russian....Navigate (browse or search) to the map(s) you want, download and open jpeg with graphic software e.g. photoshop. |
| Language: | | English, Russian |
| Source/publisher: | | loadmap.net |
| Format/size: | | html, jpeg (pdf?) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 23 December 2012 |
| | RR > Maps and satellite imagery
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| Title: | | Nyaunglebin Situation Update: Moo Township, June to November 2012
|
| Date of publication: | | 11 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "This report includes a situation update submitted to KHRG in November 2012 by a community member describing events occurring in Nyaunglebin District, during the period between June and November 2012. The community member suggests that human rights abuses have decreased in the Moo Township area by 60 percent after the signing of the preliminary ceasefire agreement by the Karen National Union and the Burma government. The community member raises difficulties faced by villagers, including the consequences on agriculture production of unseasonable rain, and goes on to describe human rights abuses that have continued to take place, including the restriction of movement and forced labour. In Moo Township, landmines planted by the Tatmadaw and the Karen National Liberation Army remain underground, causing villagers to feel unsafe to travel. The report describes how, on October 13th 2012, Officer Aung Ko Ko from Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) #590, Column #4, released an order to take action on villagers without written permission to travel to hill fields, farm huts and betel nut plantations: thus restricting freedom of movement and trade. On September 16th 2012, D--- villagers were ordered by LIB #599 soliders to cut bamboos and wood used for making fences. The existence of Tatmadaw camps has also been an obstacle to villagers doing their livelihoods safely." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (116K), html |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.khrg.org/khrg2012/khrg12b84.html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 23 December 2012 |
| | ML > Human Rights
>
Freedom of Movement
>
Freedom of Movement, violations of in Burma/Myanmar
Human Rights
>
Labour Rights
>
Labour rights: reports of violations in Burma
>
Forced Labour
>
Non-ILO Reports on forced fabour, including forced portering, in Karen (Kayin) State
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| Title: | | Landmine death and injuries, old mines continue to make travel unsafe in Pa'an District
|
| Date of publication: | | 11 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "This report is based on information submitted to KHRG in November 2012 by a community member describing events occurring in Pa'an District, between August 28th 2012 and November 1st 2012, where one landmine exploded in Htee Klay village tract, one landmine exploded in Noh Kay village tract and one landmine exploded in Htee Kyah Rah village tract. These explosions injured a 21-year-old man named Saw P---, who died, a man of around 40-years-old, named Saw B---, who lost one leg, and an unknown Tatmadaw soldier from Light Infantry Battalion #275, who lost both of his legs. One explosion also destroyed the leg of Saw P---'s cow, when it stepped on the mine that killed him. Based on information from a community trained by KHRG, landmines have been planted by both the Border Guard and the Karen Nation Liberation Army, in Noh Kay village tract, T'Nay Hsah Township, Pa'an District, and in Htee Kyah Rah village tract, the community member reported that landmines have been planted by the Tatmadaw and the Karen National Liberation Army." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (117K), html |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.khrg.org/khrg2012/khrg12b83.html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 23 December 2012 |
| | ML > Internal armed conflict (under reconstruction)
>
Internal armed conflict in Burma
>
Landmines
>
Reports and maps covering anti-personnel landmines and Burma/Myanmar
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|
| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 22 December 2012
|
| Date of publication: | | 22 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS:
[Letpadaungtaung]Investigation Commission [press release listing preliminary investigations]...Diamond Buddha Image of Pinn old town...Mandalay Palace wall under
repair...Bells over one hundred years old in Yamethin...A fatal road
accident near
Insein railway
overhead
bridge...Risk Management Course
opened in Shan State...Nine relief camps in Sittway provided with
international aid on an equal basis...Illegal teak seized in Tamway
Township...Vice-Senior General
Min Aung Hlaing attends
graduation dinner of 14th
Intake of DSMA...DSMA turns out 14th Intake cadets...Workshop on FESR launched...Fire breaks out on Yangon-Mawlamyine
Up-train...KIA attacks Mandalay-Myitkyina cargo
train...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham addresses 2nd coord meeting on
holding 65th Anniversary Independence Day-2013...Vice-President U Nyan Tun on inspection tour of sports complexes in
Zeyathiri, Zabuthiri townships.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein attends 20th ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit...President U Thein Sein attends cultural concert, dinner
hosted by Indian President...Vice-President U Nyan Tun receives ICT Minister of Thailand...President U Thein Sein meets staff, families of Myanmar
Embassy, Military Attaché Office in New Delhi...Myanmar, India to boost economic,
investment cooperation on mutually
beneficial basis through people-topeople
connectivity...President U Thein Sein graces the flag
down ceremony of ASEAN-India Car
Rally...Union Border Affairs Minister meets Turkish
ambassador, expert of TIKA.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Over 60 years later" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (4.3MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 22 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Friday 21 December 2012
|
| Date of publication: | | 21 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Union Cooperatives Minister inspects oil
mills in Magway Region...Weather Forecast for Third Dekad of December
2012...Myanaung Township sees new school
buildings...Cash and kind handed
over to Manaw Ahla Band...Charity gala of Shwezin Min
Orphanage in PyinOoLwin
on 17 January...Five found dead in old septic
tank, one hospitalized...Heroin, raw opium seized in
Lashio...Cleaning, maintenance works
for Pyinmana station yard...Myanmar National Sports
Committee Chairman’s Cup Boxing
Competition-2012 kicks off...A man found dead in the moat
in Mandalay...Vocational training courses
for persons with disabilities...Bago gets free clinic...Supply of electricity launched in
rural area of Lewe Township...Cash donated to fund of
quake-hit pagoda...Workshop on role of child rights held...Narcotic
drugs seized
in Momauk...Incinerator donated in
Shwedaung...CULTIVATION DEMONSTRATED [photo]...School upgraded in Kalay
Township...Tuk-tuk plunges into drain,
leaving six injured...Motorcyclist dead at level
crossing...Fire breaks
out in
Mogaung...Clerical refresher course commences...Myanmar Traditional
Medicine Practitioners
Conference on 27-28 Dec...Earthquake Hazard Survey Program initiates...Election of
ward/village
administrators
lectured...Staff of Culture Ministry offer
meals to monks...Plan to equip modern navigation
devices for Myanma aviation...Summary of observations at
09:30 hr MST on 20-12-2012...Slight earthquake hits north
of Thabeikkyin.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein arrives in New Delhi to attend 20th ASEAN-India Summit...Workshop on role of child rights held...Relief camps in Rakhine State inspected...Coord meeting on BCIM Car
Rally held...Union A&I Minister meets TIKA expert,
Turkish Ambassador...Union Attorney-General receives guests from
JICA, Sky Born Group of Companies...Final Workshop of Myanmar Tourism
Master Plan kicks off...President U Thein Sein leaves for Republic of India...Athletes of MSF under intensive training.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Smokeless industry".....ARTICLE: "Trust in reform" Min Bahtoo (Continued from 14
December) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (5.3MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 21 December 2012 |
| | RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar
>
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>
"The New Light of Myanmar" 2012
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| Title: | | The Rule of Law in Myanmar: Challenges and Prospects
|
| Date of publication: | | 20 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Report of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) Supported by the IBAHRI Trust and the Open Society Foundations.....Contents:
Executive Summary...
1. Introduction:
1.1 The IBAHRI delegation and its mandate;
1.2 Interviews and consultations;
1.3 The rule of law: an overview...
2. Background and History:
2.1 Myanmar in facts and figures;
2.2 Myanmar before 1988;
2.3 Myanmar in the two decades after the 1988 coup;
2.4 The 2008 Constitution;
2.5 Myanmar since 2008...
3. The Civil Sphere: Social, Economic, Cultural,
Civil and Political Rights:
3.1 Background;
3.2 Current legal structure;
3.3 Findings;
Access to courts and the administration of justice;
Freedom of expression, association and assembly;
Ethnic conflicts;
3.4 Conclusion ...
4. The Political Sphere: the Branches of Government:
4.1 Background;
4.2 Current legal structure;
4.3 Findings;
4.4 Conclusion...
5. The Legislative Sphere: Parliament and the
Reform Process:
5.1 Background;
5.2 The structure of the legislature;
5.3 Findings;
The Bill Committee of the Lower House;
The Complaints Committee of the Upper House;
Other perspectives;
5.4 Conclusion...
6. The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission:
6.1 Background;
6.2 Current legal structure;
6.3 Findings;
6.4 Conclusion...
7. The Military Sphere: the Role of the Army:
7.1 Background;
7.2 Current legal structure;
7.3 Findings;
7.4 Conclusion...
8. The Judicial Sphere (I): Courts and Judges:
8.1 Background;
8.2 Current legal structure;
8.3 Findings;
8.4 Conclusion...
9. The Judicial Sphere (II): the Legal Profession:
9.1 Background;
9.2 Current legal structure;
9.3 Findings;
Former and current lawyers;
The Attorney General and Justice Soe Nyunt;
9.4 Conclusion...
10. Conclusions and Recommendations...
Annexes:
A. General Assembly Resolution 66/102 on the Rule of Law at the
National and International Levels...
B. The Peaceful Demonstration and Gathering Act 2012...
C. Principles Relating to the Status of National Institutions
(The Paris Principles)...
D. UN Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary ...
E. UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers...
F. IBA Standards for the Independence of the Legal Profession...
G. UN Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors...
H. International Association of Prosecutors’ Standards of
Professional Responsibility and Statement of the Essential
Duties and Rights of Prosecutors...
I. The Venice Commission Report’s Checklist for Evaluating the
Rule of Law in Single States...
List of Acronyms |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (409K), html |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.ibanet.org/Document/Default.aspx?DocumentUid=DE0EE11D-9878-4685-A20F-9A0AAF6C3F3E
http://www.ibanet.org/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleUid=DEBA1058-8D8D-47E3-B8DB-1BA2BA82E40E
http://www.ibanet.org/Human_Rights_Institute/About_the_HRI/HRI_Activities/Buma.aspx
http://www.ibanet.org/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleUid=65664916-85C3-4B91-9FB1-FF4485EB4F40
http://www.ibanet.org/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleUid=FBDF2D5E-1631-48FC-A307-E4C13EBB71A1 |
| Date of entry/update: | | 20 December 2012 |
| | ML > Law and Constitution
>
Rule of Law
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|
| Title: | | Rule of Law
|
| Description/subject: | | Link to OBL's Rule of Law sub-section in Law and Constitution |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Online Burma/Myanmar Library |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 20 December 2012 |
| | ML > Human Rights
>
Various Rights
>
Rule of Law
|
|
| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 19 December 2012
|
| Date of publication: | | 19 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | HLUTTAWS: Hluttaw representatives to report to
Hluttaw Office...Sixth Regular Session of First Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
summoned..... OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: All inclusiveness achieves much more
success than individual efforts - President tours Kawthoung...MTF looks for talented tennis
youngsters...Historic Sandawshin Pagoda
Festival on 23 December...Flying sparks from the pump set
fire to the coconut oil factory...Self-reliant book corner in
Myoma Market...MMM Plaza to open soon...A six-year-old boy run over,
killed by a truck...Myanmar Traditional Boxing
Challenges in Mandalay...New building
for CICS
(Phaunggyi)...Townselders
selected through
secret voting in
Taunggyi...Publications
donated to village
libraries...Tax educative essay and cartoon contest organized...Don’t worry about rice production...Free clinic opens for families of Bayintnaung
Brokerage...Greater economic liberalization invites more
business competition...President U Thein Sein visits Myeik University...One dead, three seriously injured in KIA attack...Coordination meeting between Pyithu
Hluttaw speaker and legal affairs and
special cases assessment commission held...
People actively participate in mass walk...Slight earthquake shakes
southwest of Nay Pyi Taw...Summary of observations at
09.30 hr MST on 18 December...Yeni Creek Bridge put into service in
Myanaung Tsp.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar to
participate in
US Shows...MNL friendlies against
8-ranked Malaysian team
coming soon...Advanced medicines to be produced
locally soon...Megatron Phacoemulsification
Machine donated...Myanmar student secures
award in Environmental
International Child Art Contest...Myanmar Tennis team on
joint-training in Cambodia...Pyithu Hluttaw IR Committee Chairman
receives Chinese guests...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker receives
Israeli ambassador to Myanmar...Government strives for promoting safe migration movement, uplifting socio-economic
life of Myanmar migrant workers in collaboration with local and regional organizations...Vice-President U Nyan Tun inspects chosen sites
for construction of Dawei SEZ, deep-sea port.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Create renewable energy for
environmental conservation".....N.B. FUZZY IMAGES IN ORIGINAL |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.3MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 20 December 2012 |
| | RR > Print and broadcast media produced by the Government of Burma/Myanmar
>
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"The New Light of Myanmar" 2012
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 20 December 2012
|
| Date of publication: | | 20 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: New Ngamoyeik (Parami)
Bridge put into service...Mobile book-borrowing system
introduced to students in Mandalay...Roofing for Mandalay football stadium in
preparation...Twelve houses reduced to ashes
in Dagon Myothit (South) Tsp...Makeshift bridges emerge along Sittoung river...MCPA to hold AGM on 29
December...New harvest ceremony held in Kyaukme of
Shan State...Loikaw Township has formed cooperative
societies in 10 villages...BGG golf
tourney on 30
Dec...News on 3G phone cold sales of mobile phone
market...Motorbike without light hits
man on roadside...Talks on solar system (sic) given
in Dawei...Free English proficiency course concludes...Drought in Katha may reduce paddy
production...Local people satisfy (sic) transport services in Yesagyo...Myanmar Gazette...National Objectives of 65th Anniversary
Independence Day for 2013...Coordination meeting on Relief and Rehabilitation
in Rakhine State held...Coordination meeting on Ayeyawady
River conservation and multi-purpose
development tasks held...Public Notice [re suspension of
natural gas from MOGE].....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vietnam to invest in Hoang Anh Gia Lai
Myanmar Centre project...Monuments for fallen Japanese soldiers
in WW II...Vietnamese delegation concludes visit...Pyithu Hluttaw International Relations Committee receives
Israeli, Turkish ambassadors separately...Union A&I Minister meets Korean guests...Imported
publications
scrutiny ceased,
registration
required...Three-month extension period for
Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Our creative future" [eduation].....
ARTICLES: "Public service newspapers to prioritize
“prestige and profit” Moe Thuza
Soe..."New independent democratic state and
Independence Day’s resolution" Theint
(Institute of Economics).....POEM: "CHERISH OUR
INDEPENDENCE" Maung Swe Ngae |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.9MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 20 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | Three-month extension period for Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand
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| Date of publication: | | 20 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Nay Pyi Taw, 19 Dec — "Issuance of temporary passports for Myanmar migrant workers in Myanmar is
being carried out at five centres in Thailand. As the process is due to expire on 14 December this year
Thailand has proposed to stop the process of issuing documents to Myanmar migrant workers in
Thailand and to carry out the process at the new centres on the side of Myanmar...President U Thein Sein held coordination on Myanmar migrant workers with Prime Minister of
Thailand Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra in Dawei of Taninthayi Region, calling for extension of deadline
without stopping the ongoing process. The Thai PM approved to extend the deadline for another three
months and, if necessary, deadline will more be extended..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" |
| Format/size: | | pdf (72K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 20 December 2012 |
| | ML > Migration
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Migration from Burma
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Migrant Workers from Burma
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Migrant workers' registration in Thailand - texts and guidelines (mostly from IOM)
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| Title: | | Burma an ‘Extreme Risk’ for Business and Rights Abuse
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| Date of publication: | | 19 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "Just two weeks after the violent police crackdown on peaceful copper mine protests, an international business investment assessor has included Burma in a top-10 league of countries at “extreme risk” for human rights abuses.
Burma was ranked sixth in the bad league behind only Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the UK business advisory company Maplecroft said in its “Human Rights Risk Atlas 2013.”
Despite reforms of the past 18 months in Burma, the risk to foreign investors concerned about their public image remains extremely high, Maplecroft said.
The warning comes as Western and Japanese multinational businesses weigh up prospects for investing in Burma, especially in infrastructure development and mining, oil and gas exploration.
So far, recorded abuses such as land confiscations and forced labor have been linked to Burmese military-connected firms or Chinese companies such as China National Petroleum Corporation, which is building controversial oil and gas pipelines through the length of the country.
But as pressure mounts for economic growth, more cases are coming to light..." |
| Author/creator: | | William Boot |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "The Irrawaddy" |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 19 December 2012 |
| | ML > Human Rights
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Various Rights
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Business and Human Rights (thematic and Burma/Myanmar-related)
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Monday 17 December 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 17 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Political stability, cessation of armed conflicts, socio-economic
development a must: President...Talks on economics on 20 December...Pale drinking water lake under facing (sic)
contamination...Office fire in industrial ward of Thakayta
Township...Girl pronounced dead in road accident...Safety measures for Yangon-
Mandalay up and down trains...Philanthropic works see more youth participation...Motorbike, bicycle
collide head-on on
Yangon-Pathein
Road...Election of new ward administrators in Pyu
Township...President U Thein Sein meets townselders, politicians...President U Thein Sein pays homage to Historic Kyaikthanlan Pagoda in Mawlamyine...Mobile clinic opened in
Hmawby Township...Drug users,
traffickers
arrested...Knowledge of sugarcane plants for growers...Book show marks National Day...Dhammaçakka Mudra sand stone Buddha
Image consecrated...Shwegondaing Overpass project launched.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends felicitations
to Bhutani King, Bhutani PM...Thein Sein is ST’s Asian of the Year - The following is the reproduction of the “Thein Sein is ST’s
Asian of the Year” appeared on The Straits Times newspaper on 15 December...Tourists flood Shwedagon Pagoda...Union FM felicitates Bhutan
Foreign Affairs Minister...British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs visits relief camps in Rakhine State...Vietnamese delegation visits Shwedagon Pagoda,
Chaukhtatgyi Shwethalyaung reclining Buddha Image...Gymnastics referee course
No. 1 on 17-20 Dec...ASEAN-India Car Rally starts India Leg.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Nothing but the Noble Truth" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (3.2MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 18 December 2012 |
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"The New Light of Myanmar" 2012
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 18 December 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 18 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | HLUTTAWS: Sixth Regular Session of First Pyithu Hluttaw
summoned...Sixth Regular Session of First Amyotha Hluttaw
summoned.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Rakhine State Day observed in
Thandwe...ACE Futsal Club wins championship two times in a row...New school building for newlyupgraded
primary school in
Kalay...A man hangs
himself in his
house in Bago...Over 300,000 eggs daily flow into Yangon
City from Ayeyawady Region...Agricultural courses to be
conducted in 2012-13...Stake driven for Home for the
Aged in Dawei...Timely cultivation of cold season crops discussed...Meinmahla Island Sanctuary conserving
mangrove forest, biodiversities...President U Thein Sein pays homage to Shin Mokhti,
Lawkamarazein pagodas in Dawei...Waterbody-based Fisheries
Management course launched...
Sagaing University project, upgrading of
Shwebo-Myitkyina Road inspected...Inter-school band troupe contest opened...Schools to serve as a
place for nurturing
law-abiding citizens.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Investment from third country to be invited for
Dawei Special Economic Zone...Thai Prime Minister arrives
in Dawei...UNFPA, I&P Ministry launch 2014
Population and Housing Census Project...Star-ranked horses selected
for SEA equestrian
competition...Athletes under training hope
for achievements in coming
SEA Games...President U Thein Sein meets Thai Prime Minister
Ms Yingluck Shinawatra...Amyotha Hluttaw National Races Affairs Committee
Chairman meets Vice-President of Ethnic Council of
the National Assembly of Vietnam...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw speaker receives Vietnamese guests...NPED Union Minister attends
18th Ministerial Conference of
GMS...Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker holds talks with
Vice-President of Ethnic Council of National Assembly of SRV...ASEAN Summit Preparation Training for junior
level conducted.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Faithful servants" [3 govt. dailies] |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (3MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 18 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | The Situation of Refugees on the Thai-Burma Border
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| Date of publication: | | 11 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "Since the initiation of President Thein Sein’s limited reforms in Burma and the signature of
preliminary ceasefires agreements with some of the ethnic armed groups, the issue of refugee
return is becoming increasingly prominent. According to The Border Consortium (formerly the
Thailand Burma Border Consortium) there are approximately 160,000 refugees on the Thai-Burma
border. The governments of Thailand and Burma have made no illusions as to their aims: to
repatriate the refugees as soon as possible. Donors and the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) have already started preparing refugees’ return while community-based
organizations (CBOs) that constitute and represent refugees are trying to bring the refugees’ voices
to the decision makers. The refugees themselves are suffering from a lack of information and clarity
as to their own future and as such, tension and anxiety have been building in the refugee camps..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Burma Partnership |
| Format/size: | | pdf (138K-OBL version; 700K-original) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.burmapartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Refugee-Background-Paper.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 17 December 2012 |
| | ML > Refugees
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Return of Burmese asylum-seekers to Burma
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| Title: | | Lost Paradise - Damaging Impact of Mawchi TIn Mines in Burma's Karenni State
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| Date of publication: | | 11 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | This report documents the increased militarization around the Mawchi mines, as well as the different social and environmental impacts they have had on the local community......
1. Introduction...
2. Ancestral lands and water sources to be lost from
extension of Mawchi mines...
3. Tin production for export and domestic use...
4. Villagers suffer impacts of Heinda tin mine in Tenasserim...
5. Background history of Mawchi tin mine...
6. Timeline of Mawchi mines...
7. Relations between tin mining companies...
8. Military security for Mawchi mine...
9. Social impacts of tin mining:
9/1 . Health problems caused by tin mining;
9/2 . Pollution from mining waste;
9/3. Drinking water problems;
9/4. Health problems downstream from the mines;
9/5. Living conditions and safety of mine workers;
9/6 . Gender disparity...
10 . An old woman from the Mawchi area recounts her
experience...
11 . Environmental impacts of tin mining:
11/1 . Deforestation;
11/2 . Landslides...
12 . Who benefits from tin mining?...
13. Conclusion and recommendations. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Molo Women Mining Watch Network |
| Format/size: | | pdf (490K-OBL version; 757K-original) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://grassroots-hosting.net/KNWO/NewWP/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/LostParadise-MawchiMining-Engli... |
| Date of entry/update: | | 17 December 2012 |
| | ML > Economy
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Industry
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Extractive industries
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Mining
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Metal mining
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| Title: | | Position on the Repatriation of Refugees from Burma
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| Date of publication: | | 12 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "After the Karenni Refugee Committee (KnRC) organized three workshops on September 20-21st, November 9th and October 8-10th, attended by representatives of KnRC, Karenni community based organizations and religious leaders, the groups agreed on a common position paper on refugees’ repatriation as follow.
Although the situation in Burma has improved and democratic reforms have taken place in the last year and a half, the changes seem to be reversible. There is no political stability due to ongoing conflict in some ethnic areas, no rule of law, no security for refugee returnees, and more importantly, a genuine peace hasn’t been established in the country. Thus, it is obvious that this is not the time for the refugees to return yet.
The repatriation of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) must be in line with international principle; the return must be voluntary in “conditions of safety and dignity.” Before the refugees return to Burma, the following pre-conditions must be in place:..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Karenni Refugee Committee and Karenni Community Based Organizations |
| Format/size: | | pdf (438K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 17 December 2012 |
| | ML > Refugees
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Return of Burmese asylum-seekers to Burma
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 16 December 2012
|
| Date of publication: | | 16 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: President meets professors, faculty members, students at Mawlamyine
University calling for overcoming challenges and obstacles...Zaygaba contributes to farming
development...Pakokku Home for the Aged
turns 60...Ayeyawady forming
alluvial soil for
cultivation...Paungde sees
free clinic...Fire victims provided with
cash assistance...New hotel accommodation for Innlay region...Prado knocks down old woman on Pathein-
Ngwehsaung road...TRUCK PLUNGES INTO ROAD SIDE; PER-ACRE YIELD
SURVEYED [photos]...Knowledge about anti-human
trafficking shared...Mawlamyine says no to gambling...Nay Pyi Taw,
Mandalay
people get
access to
e-payment for
meter bill...Free eye care for patients in Penwegon...Union Minister U Hla Tun makes apology to monks...Myanma Airways makes
emergency landing at Dawei
due to engine failure...Price of orange falls in Sittway market...Buddhist Cultural Heritage Seminar brings peace, harmony,
prosperity, cultural values and guiding principles to all - International Seminar on Buddhist Cultural Heritage opens.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Group stage draw for AFC
Challenge Cup 2014...Globetrotters throng places of interest in Mandalay, Bagan
NyaungU, PyinOoLwin, Amarapura, Sagaing, Mingun regions...ITF Officiating
National Course
kicks off...Malaysian athletes receive
training for Myanmar chess...Sports trials for traditional
cane-ball event on 26 Jan...Yangon offering Five Star accommodation for tourists...Technical transfer agreement and
investment on MoU signed...Final rush for migrant workers
to register in Thailand.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Hopes for return home" [migrant workers].....ARTICLE: "NECTAR OF THE GODS" BY BA THAN.....POEM: “The New Light of Soccer” |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (3.1MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 17 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | Rethinking the ‘Refugee Warrior’: The Karen National Union and Refugee Protection on the Thai–Burma Border
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| Date of publication: | | 06 March 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Abstract:
"Well-founded fears that ‘refugee warriors’ will use refugee camps as a base for
military operations, exploit a wider refugee population, or misuse international aid
have led to the development of policies intended to ensure the separation of combatants
and civilian refugee populations. However, a dogmatic approach to that
policy goal may miss the true complexity of both refugee protection and the relationships
between a refugee population and a military group. This article examines
an alternative possibility, that a non-state armed group may be a potential partner
in refugee protection and welfare promotion. It draws on the experiences of refugees
from Burma living in camps in Thailand, where there has been a long-standing
connection between camp governance structures and a political/military organization
movement, the Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army. While
camp governance activities have been flawed, they have also displayed a high level
of integrity. It is argued that in such a situation, where there is a proven record of
working to improve civilian welfare, international organizations might usefully
explore possibilities of engagement with non-state armed groups as partners in
refugee protection, with the specific goal of encouraging a more representative, accountable,
and democratic approach to governance."...
Keywords: armed groups; forced migration; militarization of refugee camps;
refugee protection; refugee self-governance |
| Author/creator: | | Kirsten Mcconnachie |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Journal of Human Rights Practice |
| Format/size: | | pdf (216K), html |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://jhrp.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/03/06/jhuman.hus005.full.pdf+html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 15 December 2012 |
| | ML > Refugees
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Karen and other refugees from Burma in Thailand - general reports and articles
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 15 December 2012
|
| Date of publication: | | 15 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | EXECUTIVE: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
President Office
Notification No 99/2012
1st Waxing of Nadaw, 1374 ME
(14 December 2012)
Formation of Extractive Industry Transparency
Initiative Leading Authority.....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Mandalay to reduce traffic congestion with
digital help...Mandalay Mayor’s mini-marathon contest on
7 January...Turtles and tortoises rescue centre handed
over to Bantbway Nursery...Two men arrested with herd of cows...Winter fire engulfs three
houses in Taunggyi...Mawlamyine to observe 65th
Anniversary Independence
Day-2013...A failed suicide bid occurs in
Mandalay...A car destroyed in blaze...YMBA organizes respect-paying, prize
awarding...Displaced households in landslides resettled...Cultivation of quality onion explained...State Chief Minister’s shield
football tournaments in
Rakhine State...Cash donated to displaced families, quake
victims...Offertories donated to nunnery in shwepyitha
Township...Plan to build incinerator in
Nawngkhio...Talks on rural
development...Literary talks win hearts of local people in
three towns of three districts...FIRE DRILLS EXERCISED (photo]...DSTA holds graduation for Intake No. 15...General Soe Win attends graduation
dinner of 15th Intake of DSTA...Ayeyawady Region Chief Minister
enjoys talent show of students...Abolishment of censorship expands press freedom, drive for active
participation of men of letters to reach nation’s goal of democracy -
Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham honours writers.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, India to promote
sector-wise development,
bilateral relations...Myanmar-Thai Joint Coordination Committee
holds 2nd meeting on Dawei SEZ -
More investors invited to work in Dawei
Special Economic Zone...Myanmar,
Thai
entrepreneurs
to meet in
business
meeting...Myanmar wants to establish better relations
between two countries and two Armies...Union Education Minister holds talks with
Senior Executive Managing Director of
Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd of Japan...ICRC to visit prisons in Myanmar...Union Minister for Defence
receives Chairman of
Myanmar-Japan Friendship
Association...Myanmar, US to make
cooperation in combating
human trafficking...National Consultation on
Overarching Communications
Strategy on Child Survival and
Development, Myanmar opens.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Professionalism".....ARTICLE: "Let’s pledge make supreme sacrifices for Independence"
Padaung Than Kywe |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (3.1MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 15 December 2012 |
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"The New Light of Myanmar" 2012
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| Title: | | The Courts Manual (4th Edition, 1999)
|
| Date of publication: | | 1999 |
| Description/subject: | | TABLE OF CONTENTS (157K)...
PART I - LEGAL PRACTIONERS AND PETITION WRITERS (1.8MB)...
PART II - INSTRUCTIONS AND ORDERS RELATING TO BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (2.9MB)...
PART III - CIVIL PROCEDURE (4MB)...
PART IV - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (6.8MB)...
APPENDICES (1.3MB)...
THE COURTS MANUAL - ENGLISH (17MB) Full text...
THE COURTS MANUAL – ENGLISH AND BURMESE (26MB) Full text |
| Language: | | English, Burmese/ ျမန္မာဘာသာ |
| Source/publisher: | | Myanmar Supreme Court |
| Format/size: | | pdf (63K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 15 December 2012 |
| | ML > Law and Constitution
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Key documents of Burmese law
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Friday 14 December 2012
|
| Date of publication: | | 14 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Releasing medical records of four children with
suspected health problems caused by acid...MYANMAR GAZETTE...Myitha river crossing bridge: east and west
meets in Gangaw...Illegal teak, stimulant tablets seized in Ottwin
Township...Electricity within reach of
locals...Japanese donor contributes
to construction of new school
building in Meiktila...Yamethin sees newlyupgraded
high school...Philanthropic efforts of Save the Aged in
Nyaungdon...Schoolgirls under training for Inter-School
Band Contest...Myittha clinch title in Region Chief Minister’s
Cup Soccer...Two unlicenced luxury cars, one motorcycle
seized in Mawlamyine...Winners awarded in Great Wall National
Badminton Championship...Stimulant tablets worth K 800 million seized...241 grams of heroin seized in Kawlin...Bogyoke Statue committee formed...13 oxen seized before
smuggling in Katha Township...Farmland management law,
rules discussed...Coordination meeting for
smooth running of trade and
finance held...Experts meet to adopt framework for
accommodation provision...Silver Tiger Luxury showroom opens...National Objectives of 65th Anniversary
Independence Day for 2013...Medical treatments given to monks at
Mandalay General Hospital...Ministry of Information,
Information and Public Relations Department -
Invitation for open tender of
Information and Public Relations
Department to buy Equipment...Union A&I Minister looks
into Myogyi multipurpose
dam project...Utility jade, gems and pearl
sales-2012 concludes...Ayeyawady River conservation and all-round
development tasks discussed.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy
Speaker meets Minister of
State for Foreign Affairs
and Commonwealth
Affairs of Britain...ASEAN-India car rally can promote tourism...AFC qualifier back home...Japanese donor contributes
to construction of new school
building in Meiktila...MWEA Chairperson and party leaves for
Bangladesh...U Tikkhañana, who sustains
burns in Letpadaungtaung
incident, leaves for Bangkok to
receive medical treatment -
Government sends 1 million baht
to Bangkok General Hospital in
advance...Union Defence Minister
meets British delegation...British Minister calls
on Union Minister for
Foreign Affairs.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Regional development".....ARTICLES: "Trust in reform" Min Bahtoo (Continued from
7-12-2012)..."The Festivals of Nat-taw" Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja
Sithu Dr Khin Maung Nyunt.....POEM: "A TRIBUTE TO LITERATI" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.6MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 14 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Wednesday 12 December 2012
|
| Date of publication: | | 12 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Utility Jade, Gems and
Pearls Sales goes on...Inter-ministry track and field contest concludes...MNMA observes World AIDS Day...Purchasers make a loss on onion trade...Arid zones to see water stress in summer...Ancient public rest house over 100 years old...Harvest time makes great
demands on combine harvester...Upgrading of Koebin-Thagara
Yoma crossing road in progress...A girl knocked down by
a passenger bus in Yekyi
Township...Mawlamyine BEMS No 2 gets new building...Myitkyina Airport upgraded...New school
building
handed over...SEA Games torch conveyed rehearsed...
Rubber trading cool in Ye...Euphoria Auto Service Centre
opened...6th Nay Pyi Taw Inter-
Ministry Basketball
Tournament commences...10th Myanmar-China Joint
Drug Control Meeting held...Traditional boxing challenge in Mandalay on
14-15 December...Kachin State Red Cross Society to take
rehabilitation measures in Rakhine State...Ayeyawady Region Chief
Minister oversees regional
development in Labutta,
Pyinsalu...Course on Training of Trainers for Civil Service
No 1/2012 opened...Mobile healthcare reaches out to
6665 in Rakhine State...Tonsi Bridge crossing Namee Creek in Katha nearing
completion.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Workshop on technological cooperation in
development of road/bridge construction held...VISA introduces mobile
payment...Union Ministers, Chinese delegation visit
groundnut research farm, quality control
laboratory, hybrid seed production research farm...Course in Diplomacy (1/2012) concludes...Myanmar Ambassador to
Belgium presents his credentials
to Belgian King Albert II...Border Affairs Ministry, Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities
Committee meet...Myanmar cruise into
final stage of AFF U-19
Women’s Championship...Union S&T Minister participates in
7th Informal ASEAN Ministerial
Meeting on Science and Technology...Myanmar, Brazil eye multifaceted
cooperation...Reinsurance Protection &
IT System workshop held...Business Meeting and Matching
on 17 Dec...Japanese contributor opens
renovated school.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Boost Myanmar tourism
through information
technology".....ARTICLE: "Bounden duty of Myanmar people" [to preserve the
independence, bringing
about the eternal peace and
prosperity of the Union] Maung Nwe Sit |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (4.7MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 12 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | Prospects for Peace in Myanmar: Opportunities and Threats
|
| Date of publication: | | 12 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | ABSTRACT:
"This paper examines the peace process in Myanmar from the perspectives of the Myanmar government and Army, and non-state armed groups, as well as ethnic nationality political and civil society actors and conflict affected communities. It argues that this is the best opportunity to resolve ethnic conflicts in the country since the military coup of 1962. However, the peace process will not ultimately succeed unless the government demonstrates a commitment to engage on the political issues which have long structured armed conflicts in Myanmar, and can also bring fighting to an end in Kachin and Shan States.
On the political front, important progress was made in October-November 2012 in the relationship between government peace envoys and non-state armed groups. The government seems committed to political talks, although it is not yet clear how and when these will begin in earnest. In some ways, it will be easier for the government to initiate political talks with opposition groups, than to ensure that the Myanmar Army follows the peace agenda. Recent negotiations with the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) have made little progress, resulting in a worrying continuation of armed conflict in northern Myanmar.
This paper sketches different - sometimes contested - positions regarding the peace process in Myanmar, on the part of different ethnic actors, and analyses their strategies. It goes on to describe and discuss some of the winners and losers in the peace process. The paper argues that, in order to build a sustainable and deep-rooted peace process, it is necessary to involve conflict-affected communities and civil society organisations and above-ground ethnic political parties; it is also necessary to re-imagine peace and conflict in Myanmar as issues affecting the whole of society, including the Burman majority. The paper concludes by sketching a ‘framework agreement’, by which the government and representatives of minority communities could move onto a substantial political discourse.".....CONTENTS:
1. Abstract;
2. Introduction;
3. Key Challenges;
4. Background;
5. 2012: Prospects for Peace;
6. The Myanmar Government and Army;
7. Ethnic Actors;
8. Potential Spoilers;
9. Supporting the Peace Process, Doing No Harm;
10. Ways Forward;
11. References;
12. List of Non State Armed Groups (NSAGs) |
| Author/creator: | | Ashley South |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Peace Reserch Institute, Oslo (PRIO) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (706K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 12 December 2012 |
| | ML > Internal armed conflict (under reconstruction)
>
Internal armed conflict in Burma
>
Peace Processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (general reports and studies)
Dialogue/reform/transition - from military to civilian rule?
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Dialogue/reform/transition - analyses and statements
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 13 December 2012
|
| Date of publication: | | 13 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Low rainfall disrupts paddy output...Thriving chilli plantations in Monywa...Commercial signpost blocking the view of
Bogyoke statue in Meiktila...Elephantiasis vaccine for locals in Kyauktan
Township...Historic monastery in Inlay Lake in need of
repair...Availability of electricity to be realized in Hsedwin,
Gwaykon villages in Yamethin Township...Head-on collision claims six
lives, including three-year-old
girl...Emergency medicines kits distributed to
villages in Kayin State...Bronze statues cast in honour of Grandma
Daw Oo Zun, Myanma Alinn U Tin...Illegal timber extractions seized in
Mawlamyine Township...
Railroad sections to
Myitkyina inspected...Kanbawza Cup Golf Tourney 15-18 Dec...Jade, gems and pearl sales
continues for fourth day...Weather
outlook for subsequent two days...Nay Pyi Taw Expo, Car Show kick off.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice-President
receives Brazilian
Ambassador...Nay Pyi Taw welcomes ASEAN-India Car Rally...Trishaw ride for globetrotters in Magway...Vice-President
Dr Sai Mauk Kham receives
Chairman of Petrofac Ltd [oilfield service company]...General Hla Htay Win meets Director of Political
Department of Chengdu Military Region of PRC...Yangon International Airport busy
with airplanes of foreign airlines.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Stand up for our beloved
farmers".....
ARTICLES: "Myanmar wins Friendship
Award in ASEAN-India
Car Rally-2012"
Aye Min Soe..."The State Sanghamahanayaka Committee of
the Republic of the Union of Myanmar"
Ba Sein (Religious Affairs) |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (6.3MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 12 December 2012 |
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"The New Light of Myanmar" 2012
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Monday 10 December 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 10 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS:Vice-President visits
utility jade, gems and
pearl sales...Talks on traffic rules given...First year (Hons) courses rejuvenate Mandalay
University...Tatkon Township marks 92nd Anniversary
National Day...Cash donated to
quake victims...Prizes awarded in Inter-Region/State
Aerobics Contest...Workshop on anti-modern human trafficking 14 Dec...Books donated to village library...Tax educative essay and cartoon contests held...13th National Badminton Tournament held...Narcotic drugs seized in Pyay...Environment-friendly tea plantation nurtured in
Mount Popa reserve...Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida selection exam opened...Statement (8/2012) of the Myanmar National Human Rights
Commission on the International Human Rights Day,
10 December, 2012...Multiplier librarian course opens...Tachilek Dhamma Thiri Hospital
handed over to the State to meet
expectations of national races in border
areas for health care...92nd Anniversary National Day and opening
of No. 3 BEHS centennial ceremony
celebrated in Bago...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker attends opening ceremonies of
upgraded schools in Pyawbwe Township...Completion of sports grounds,
gymnasiums in Nay Pyi Taw inspected...Kyaikhtiyoe Shuttle Bus Line Service shuttles 39600
pilgrims free.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: 12th Myanmar-China Border Economic and
Trade Fair opened in Myanmar...FIFA-MA Grassroots Festival 2012 kicks off...SR International College to run MBA course...MAI extends domestic flights with two
Embraer 190s.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Patriotism of a heterogeneous
society" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (4.7MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 11 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Tuesday 11 December 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 11 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Union level Peace-making Work Committee and Chin National Front hold peace talks - Rays of peace lightens (sic) Chin State...Bay Inference
(09.30 hr MST on 10-12-2012)...Utility Jade, Gems and Pearl Sales continues...Massive influx of tomatoes brings down prices
to the delight of shoppers...Conveyance of Buddha Tooth
Relic in Hsipaw on 12 December...Dagon Challenge Myanmar
Traditional Boxing
Competitions on 16 December...Delivery room of Tamway Township MCWA
upgraded...Motorcyclist
killed in head-on
collision...Cessation of hostilities alone is not
enough to bring about peace:
Union Minister U Aung Min...Steel trusses reinstalled on Ayeyawady Bridge
(Yadana Theinga)...Displaced students under care in Momauk Township...Exportable musk melon under cultivation in
Budalin...Examination held for selection of over-all
outstanding students...Communication
devices handed
over for
installation of
rural PCOs...River crossing ferries equipped with life safety
equipment...International
Day of
Persons with
Disabilities
observed...Patients at Mandalay General Hospital
recovered from injuries...Union minister calls for market
competitiveness of domestic products.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Shwedagon Pagoda sees more tourist arrivals...First ILDEX-Myanmar 2012 brings together
people from livestock and fishery industry...Koreans donate cash and
foodstuff to quake victims...Myanmar, Vietnam sign deal
for closer ties...LIFT organizes workshop on agricultural development of Myanmar.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Misleading is a serious
offense".....ARTICLE: "It’s high time we enjoyed fruits of independence"
Myat Sithu |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.9MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 11 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | "The Myanmar Times" 3-9 December, 2012, Vol. 33 No. 655
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| Date of publication: | | 09 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | Mine protests spark violence...Anti-Muslim monks: Sri Lanka redux?...Shan call for federal union constitution...Total E&P to boost socio-economic outreach...Police apologise for crackdown...Govt meets activists at land conference...Unlikely pair an inspiration to us all...Lashio Declaration
looks to improve
national healthcare...British dig team hunts
for buried Spitfires...NGO plans Sittwe HIV clinic...Twins separated after
marathon operation...Death toll rises in
train fire inferno...Bus lines in
leadership
struggle...Balloons festival celebrates Tazaungdine...Disabled racers speed to finish line...Development stalled
at Myingyan IZ...Stop police violence, says 88 Generation...Auditor General probes
15 ministries over lost or
misappropriated funds...Protesting gold miners in custody...Rakhine tourism suffers following violence...Visa to host mobile
payments conference...Experts warn Yangon on quake risk...President U Thein Sein to receive ICG top award...Dawei SEZ sparks concern amid promises...On the road to recovery...More bank cards join payment union...ADB study puts spotlights Myanmar’s energy sector...Tata Motors keen to enter car market...FMI plots bright future at AGM...MPT backtracks on mobile internet fees, for now...MPT backtracks on mobile internet fees, for now...Hitachi establishes Yangon branch...KPMG touches down in Myanmar market...SPA, Yoma Strategic
unveil ‘landmark’
project for Yangon...YFS holds
student film
screening...Cultural norms trump literary
merit at state-run book awards...Myanmar author explores
new literary freedoms...‘Smile’: A rare
English translation...Human rights films screened in Yangon...All-Myanmar art
exhibition to kick
off the New Year...Ceremony celebrates
revised Bible translation...YOUR STARS...Events Flash...CLASSIFIEDS...QUICK GUIDE...SPORT.....[N.B. OF THE 60 PAGES IN THIS ISSUE, LESS THAN HALF DEALS WITH BURMA/MYANMAR - THE REST IS ADS AND FOREIGN NEWS] |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Myanmar Consolidated Media Co. Ltd. |
| Format/size: | | pf (3.8MB-low resolution; 7.7MB-higher resolution; 12.56MB-original) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs14/MT655-op75.pdf
http://www.mmtimes.com/images/mte/old_issues/201233655.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 11 December 2012 |
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"The Myanmar Times"
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"The Myanmar Times" (English) 2012
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| Title: | | Nothing About Us Without Us - Refugees' Voices About Their Return to Burma (video)
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| Date of publication: | | 10 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | A powerful video made up of interview clips, mainly with refugees, as well as UNHCR, TBC and other Thailand-based refugee and human rights organisations about the proposed repatriation of Burmese refugees in Thailand back to Burma. The film is especially critical of the lack of consultation by the UNHCR, Burmese and Thai Government with the refugees and community-based organisaations......"Burma Partnership is pleased to announce the launch of a short documentary entitled "Nothing About Us Without Us". The film highlights refugees' voices about repatriation from camps along the Thailand border back into Burma.
Featuring interviews with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, leading academics, representatives from civil society organizations and the refugees themselves, the film shows the lack of information currently available to most refugees and outlines the necessity of including refugees in the decision-making and planning processes related to their return to Burma." |
| Author/creator: | | Timothy Syrota |
| Language: | | Adobe Flash (18 minutes, 40 seconds) |
| Source/publisher: | | Burma Partnership |
| Date of entry/update: | | 10 December 2012 |
| | ML > Refugees
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Return of Burmese asylum-seekers to Burma
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| Title: | | Al Jazeera Investigates - The Hidden Genocide (video)
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| Date of publication: | | 09 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "Earlier this year a Buddhist woman was raped and murdered in western Myanmar. The authorities charged three Muslim men.
A week later, 10 Muslims were murdered in a revenge attack. What happened next was hidden from the outside world.
Bloodshed pitted Buddhists against minority Rohingya Muslims. Many Rohingya fled their homes, which were burned down in what they said was a deliberate attempt by the predominantly Buddhist government to drive them out of the country.
"They were shooting and we were also fighting. The fields were filled with bodies and soaked with blood," says Mohammed Islam, who fled with his family to Bangladesh.
There are 400,000 Rohingya languishing in Bangladesh. For more than three decades, waves of refugees have fled Myanmar. But the government of Bangladesh considers the Rohingya to be illegal immigrants, as does the government of Myanmar. They have no legal rights and nowhere to go.
This is a story of a people fleeing the land where they were born, of a people deprived of citizenship in their homeland. It is the story of the Rohingya of western Myanmar, whose very existence as a people is denied.
Professor William Schabas, the former president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, says: "When you see measures preventing births, trying to deny the identity of the people, hoping to see that they really are eventually, that they no longer exist; denying their history, denying the legitimacy of their right to live where they live, these are all warning signs that mean it's not frivolous to envisage the use of the term genocide." |
| Author/creator: | | Paul Rees |
| Language: | | Voice-over and sub-titles, English |
| Source/publisher: | | Al Jazeera via Youtube |
| Format/size: | | Adobe Flash (50 minutes) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/aljazeerainvestigates/2012/12/2012125122215836351.html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 10 December 2012 |
| | ML > States and Regions of Burma/Myanmar
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Arakan (Rakhine) State
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc.
Human Rights
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Discrimination
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Race or Ethnicity: Discrimination based on
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Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations
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Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations against specific groups
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Discrimination against the Rohingya
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Sunday 9 December 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 09 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Water level forecast for second
(10) days of December 2012...Sarsodaw Day marked...Thriving strawberries ready for harvest
in PyinOoLwin...Two book corners being kept
open in Hinthada...Flower growers see tight
profit margins in Yamethin...Outstanding students honoured
at Latha BEHS No. 2...Speedy car on traffic
landscaping block...Development tasks of Yangon
City supervised...Price of cold season crops falls...Reading habit
raised...Tailoring, domestic science courses conclude...Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham inspects regional
development and rehabilitation tasks in Rakhine State...Second week of December
mass walk held...X’ mas service held at MCC...National Day celebrated in townships of
Nay Pyi Taw Council Area...Mon State Education
Department recites
Dhammaçakka and Pathana
recitation...Weather Forecast
for Second Dekad
of December,
2012
(Issued on 8-12-2012).....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Exaggerating Rakhine conflict as a “genocide” is totally contrary to the truth -
Diplomats supports efforts of government for restoring peace and
stability in Rakhine State...Myanmar delegation on study tour of
Malaysia...Myanmar U-19 women football team vows to
win play-off match against Thailand...Myanmar archery team aims for gold in coming SEA Games...Union Border Affairs Minister and UN
delegation look round relief camps in Myitkyina...Press conference on crisis in Rakhine State held.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Corruption kills development" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (4.2MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 10 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | Responsible Tourism in Myanmar: Current Situation and Challenges
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| Date of publication: | | 10 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "...There is an urgent need for a critical debate on mass tourism in Myanmar, particularly the viability and frailty of the Myanmar Responsible Tourism Policy that is soon to be framed by the Myanmar Tourism Master Plan. ‘One of the most fascinating aspects of travel in Myanmar is the opportunity to experience a corner of Asia that, in many ways, has changed little since British colonial times,’ says the Lonely Planet. It remains to be seen how this place of authenticity will be reshaped by mass tourism as a force of globalisation in the near future, and how the state of Myanmar will responsibly respond to the challenges brought about by mass tourism..." |
| Author/creator: | | Ko Ko Thet |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Burma Center Prague. |
| Format/size: | | pdf (1.5MB) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.ecoburma.com |
| Date of entry/update: | | 10 December 2012 |
| | ML > Tourism
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Sustainable/ethical tourism
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Sustainable/ethical (?) tourism (Burma/Myanmar)
Tourism
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Tourism in Burma/Myanmar - the debate
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| Title: | | Military minefields blocking transition to democracy
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| Date of publication: | | 09 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "Protests such as those against the Latpadaung copper mine are putting a spotlight on powerful conglomerates run by former generals who have traded their uniforms for business suits and are accused of carving up the country's natural wealth with China...The term ''irreversible transformation'' is popular these days with Myanmar's former military generals who use it at international roadshows, but as the Latpadaung copper mine unrest shows, the transformation may be largely superficial. When protests at the mine led by monks and local activists were brutally broken up by the government late last month, injuring more than 50 protesters, it was stark proof of military's lingering dominance. The unrest also highlights concerns over political and economic ties between the Myanmar military and the Chinese government. The Latpadaung copper mine project is a joint venture between the Chinese-owned Wanbao Mining Company and the Union of Myanmar Economic Holding Company (UMEH), which not coincidentally is run by former military officers..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "Bangkok Post" (Spectrum) |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 09 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | BURMA – COMPLEX EMERGENCY
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| Date of publication: | | 30 November 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | KEY DEVELOPMENTS: "A resurgence of violence between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya, as well as non-Rohingya, Muslims that began on October 21 in Rakhine State had resulted in nearly 90 deaths, the displacement of approximately 36,000 people, and the destruction of 5,300 houses or religious buildings, primarily as a result of arson, as of November 15. The violence had diminished by early November, with the Government of Burma (GoB) deploying security forces to affected areas and enforcing curfews, but sporadic clashes continue. In a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon dated November 16, Burma’s President Thein Sein condemned the violence in Rakhine State and noted that the GoB was prepared to address contentious political issues concerning Rohingya, including resettlement of displaced populations, granting of citizenship, birth registration, work permits, and permits for moving within the country. On November 21, President Sein announced that the GoB would pursue a multifaceted plan aimed at addressing tensions between Muslim and Buddhist communities in Rakhine State, according to international media sources. Components of the plan include reducing prejudices, promoting education, creating jobs, and introducing a birth control program in accordance with international standards. In a speech delivered during a November 19 visit to Burma, President Barack Obama called for the end of sectarian violence in Rakhine State and for national reconciliation. President Obama also announced $170 million in new U.S. Government assistance for Burma to be provided over a two-year period and encompassing a range of programs, including governance, development, humanitarian, and reconciliation interventions. USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP), and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM) continue to address the humanitarian needs of Rakhine’s conflict-affected populations, particularly those displaced by violence, through ongoing programs funded in FY 2012 and new programs initiated in FY 2013..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | USAID - FACT SHEET #1, FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2013 |
| Format/size: | | pdf (250K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 09 December 2012 |
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Arakan (Rakhine) State
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc.
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Saturday 8 December 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 08 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Copper Mining Project
It is time for all to carry out purification and propagation of Sasana - Ceremony to apologize to State Sangha Maha Nayaka Sayadaws for incidents
stemming from protest in Letpadaungtaung Copper Mining Project...Unprecedented challenges in political process being tackled with cooperation of the people
[The following is a translation of the 92nd Anniversary National Day message sent by President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
U Thein Sein]...Citizens, journalists requested to smooth the ‘hard road...IWT set up joint venture with private sector...Installation of power lines from Shwe Myot to
Ngatesu...FMI eyes to lead auto market in Myanmar...Jivitadana Sangha Hospital
(Yangon) to organize charity sales...Untimely rainfall damages monsoon paddy
harvest, preparation for winter crops...Car crash
on Yangon-
Nay Pyi Taw
Expressway...Hledan overhead bridge sees more than 60 per
cent completion...Traditional boat race attracts local people...Gold plates to be donated to Shwedagon Pagoda...Crime reduction talks given...Heroin seized in Khampat, Kawlin...Stimulant tablets seized in Myitkyina...CSC ISSUED [photo]...World AIDS Day marked in Bago...Graduation dinner of 55th Intake of DSA held...Government instructs departmental staff to carry
out their duties without bias...Human capabilities are
crucial: Union Minister for
Industry...Free health care services
provided to nuns, students...Graduation parade of 55th Intake of Defence Services Academy held.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar delegation back home [from USA]...Russia-Myanmar trade and investment
discussed...Candle light starts outbreak of fire in Katha...USAID-supported NGO to assist Myanmar meat, fish sector...Border Affairs Union Minister holds talks with UN
Under-Secretary General and Emergency Relief Coordinator...Japan provides Kawlin
Township Hospital with cash
assistance.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Teach them how to fish".....ARTICLE: "Commemorating our National Day" Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja
Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt.....POEM: "THE DAY ON WHICH A
CLARION CALL WAS
SOUNDED" Maung Swe Ngae |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.8MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 08 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Thursday 6 December 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 06 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Mobile medical teams provide
health care to national races...Significant night temperatures
(5-12-2012)...Utility jade, gems and pearl
sales 9 Dec...KIA (Kachin) group blast railroad between
Mohnyin and Nanma...Stoves distributed as
environmental conservation...Public service book corners
opened in Dawei...Talks on taxation given in
Labutta...Vice-Chairmen of Union-level Peace-making
Committee visits Mongla Special Region (4)...Mega Link Trading Co Ltd wins tender for 8
Camera OB Van, 5 Camera Flyaway Video Kit...Ministry of Information
Myanmar Motion Picture Enterprise
Invitation for open tender of
Myanmar Motion Picture Enterprise
(branch office, Dawei) to build two
storey RC building...Myanma port authority
Holiday notice...Political reform serves as good basis for
success of economic reform...TV retransmission station
(Tamu) put into service.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, Brunei focus on strengthening bilateral relations,
further cooperation on mutually beneficial basis in future...Myanmar-Brunei relations and cooperation
promoted through ASEAN, regional and
multilateral organizations...President’s State visits to
Australia, New Zealand
postponed...President U Thein Sein back from Brunei...Sports trial for swimmers on
3-4 January...Sumitomo Corp (Nay Pyi Taw branch) opened...CPPCC delegation concludes visit...World Economic Forum (WEF)
on East Asia-2013 in June...World Economic Forum (WEF)
on East Asia-2013 in June...SEA Games liaison officer course
concludes...Myanmar product can
exhibit at 18th Dakha
International Trade
Fair-2013...Thai Red Cross Society, TICA
donate two vehicles to NBC.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Transparency, all-in-one
solution".....ARTICLES: "SARSODAW DAY"
BY BA THAN..."Myitkyina-Sumprabum-Putao road under
major repair"
Interview: Myint Maung Soe;
Photo: Kyaw Thu Win |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (4.2MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 06 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | "The New Light of Myanmar" Friday 7 December 2012
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| Date of publication: | | 07 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | DOMESTIC NEWS: Union-level Peace-Making
Committee holds talks with
Panhsan Special Region-2 group...Oil workers, Moe & Moe Co
yet to reach agreement...BEMS branch upgraded to
BEMS...Police
officers, local
authorities
meet in
discussions...2012 Science Film Festival held...Candle light breaks out fire in Lashio...Industry Ministry honours victorious Women
Volleyball Taekwondo athletes...CRC Day observed in Mandalay...Gangaw sees public service
book corner...Law Library put into service...Installation of seven-digit
landlines carried out free of
charge in Taunggyi...55th blood donation...Station hospital in dire need of doctors,
equipment...Basic paddy cultivation work
demonstrated...Cash for
construction of
Home for the
Aged...Rural fund spent on milch cows...Psychological support given to victims in Myebon,
Pauktaw, Maungtaw and Sittway in Rakhine State...Specialists giving prompt treatment to inpatients...Ministry of Information
Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise
Invitation for open tender of
Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise
(branch office, Dawei) to build two
storey RC building...42nd Maha Kathina robe
offering ceremony held...Yangon Living & Car Show, Chinese Industrial Products Expo Myanmar opened...Slight
earthquake
jolts near
Thabeikkyin...Summary of
observations at
09:30 hr M.S.T.
on 6-12-2012.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein receives UN USG for
Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator...Illegal trading blocked at borders...Chin traditional dance at India-ASEAN
Car Rally...Border Affairs Ministry, UNDP hold workshop
on ICDP, CDRT, new programme of UNDP...Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker meets UN
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian
Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator...UNICEF’s new representative, FM
discuss future cooperation process...The Government of the Republic of
the Union of Myanmar
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Press Release [on forthcoming Aljazeera programmes on the Rohingya]...Speaker of Pyidaungsu, Amyotha
Hluttaws holds talks with UN
Under-Secretary-General for
Humanitarian Affairs and
Emergency Relief Coordinator.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Reform in basic education".....
ARTICLES: "The 65th Sacred Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida Selection Examination in the year of 2013" Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)..."Trust in reform" Min Ba Htoo |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar |
| Format/size: | | pdf (4.7MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 06 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | BURMA: Court issues landmark ruling on death in police custody
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| Date of publication: | | 05 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "In a landmark ruling, a court in Burma has rejected the police version of events that led to the death of a man in their custody, and has opened the door to a charge of murder to be brought against the officers involved.
In its findings of 9 November 2012, a copy of which the Asian Human Rights Commission has obtained, the Mayangone Township Court ruled in the case of the deceased Myo Myint Swe that the death was unlikely to have been natural. Despite attempts by the police of the Bayinnaung Police Station to cover up the torture and murder of Myo Myint Swe, whom they had arrested over the death of a young woman, Judge Daw Aye Mya Theingi found that even though the investigating doctor had been equivocal about whether or not extensive external injuries caused by torture had resulted in the death, on the basis of the testimonies, written records and photographs submitted to the court, it was "difficult to conclude that the death was natural"..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 05 December 2012 |
| | ML > Human Rights
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Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary
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Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary: political prisoners and other violations in Burma
Human Rights
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Various Rights
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Various rights: reports of violations in Burma
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Asian Human Rights Commission and Asian Legal Resources Centre
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