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Myanmar warned against premature resettlement

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Yangon : Myanmar | about 1 year ago

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Cyclone victims in Myanmar who leave relief camps may not receive the aid they need, making them even more vulnerable to disease and the elements, a U.N. official said Saturday following reports of forced evictions by the government. Human rights groups have lambasted Myanmar's military rulers,...

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Myanmar junta under new pressure over cyclone victims

News Source: Independent Bangladesh | about 1 year ago

Myanmar's junta Saturday came under renewed international pressure from rights groups and the US defence chief who said its slow response to the cyclone disaster had cost "tens of thousands of lives." US Defence Secretary Robert Gates criticised the...
WHO launches $28 million healthcare plan for Myanmar!

News Source: Zee News | about 1 year ago

WHO launches $28 million healthcare plan for Myanmar Geneva, May 29: The World Health Organisation on Thursday unveiled a USD 28 million action plan to provide healthcare for cyclone survivors in Myanmar over the next six months. "This is a very...
Myanmar cyclone raises risk of forced labour: ILO

News Source: Turkish Press | about 1 year ago

The International Labour Organisation expressed its concern Saturday that the Myanmar ruling military junta will use forced labour to rebuild areas of the country devastated by Cyclone Nargis. The cylone left 133,000 people dead or missing when it...
Riot police deployed in Burma’s cyclone zone

News Source: Asian Age | about 1 year ago

Up to 10 riot police were stationed at more than 10 posts along the road linking the towns of Kungyangon and Dedaye, an AFP reporter witnessed on Friday. They were deployed with armoured cars, and armed with shields, batons and guns. The police...
Myanmar warned over forcing cyclone survivors to return home

News Source: Taiwan News | about 1 year ago

Myanmar must stop forcing cyclone survivors to return to their shattered homes where they face more misery or even death, rights groups said yesterday, as a U.S. official accused the junta of being "deaf and dumb" to foreign aid pleas. The former...
Aid workers still waiting to enter Myanmar's delta

News Source: San Francisco Chronicle | about 1 year ago

It needs human expertise for everything from cleaning water to mental health counseling — and right now, those experts can't get to the hard-hit delta. International Federation of Red Cross and other groups are still stuck in Yangon, the nation's...