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Daring to speak: militarism and women's human rights in Burma
Belfast :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
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How can we get peace and democracy when we still have domestic wars and when everyday people are dying?' Jessica Nhkum spoke to Jennifer Allsopp at the Nobel Women's Initiative conference in Belfast about the importance of documenting human rights
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Can Burma make a breakthrough in negotiation with Kachin rebels?
Myitkyina :: Myanmar | 3 days ago
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28 editor Burma's Government and Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) signed a preparatory agreement on 30 May to downsize military concerns in Kachin state and northern Shan state. Many analysts deem this preliminary agreement may lead to extra
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For the first time in nearly a year UN reaches refugees in Myanmars Kachin state
Yangon :: Myanmar | 5 days ago
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For the first time in nearly a year, UN reaches refugees in Myanmar's Kachin state 14 June 2013 150 The United Nations humanitarian relief agency today said it had, for the first time in a year, been able to deliver aid to thousands of displaced
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Myanmar allows UN to deliver emergency aid to displaced people in Kachin
Yangon :: Myanmar | 5 days ago
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The United Nations said today that it had been allowed by the Myanmar government to deliver emergency aid to displaced people in rebel-held territory in the northern state of Kachin for the first time in nearly a year. A 10-truck UN-led convoy left
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Kachin conflict boosts trafficking, report says
Bangkok :: Thailand | 14 days ago
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Sporadic clashes over the past two years between the Burmese government and Kachin Independence Army (KIA), which has been fighting for greater autonomy, have created greater opportunity for traffickers to prey on internally displaced persons (IDPs),
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Briefing: Fresh hopes for peace in Myanmar's Kachin State
Yangon :: Myanmar | 16 days ago
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The UN and others have welcomed recent peace talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire in Myanmar's conflict-affected Kachin State, but building trust will take time, say experts. On 31 May, the Burmese government and the Kachin Independence Organization (
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Vodafone drops bid to run network in Burma amid human rights worries
Myitkyina :: Myanmar | 19 days ago
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Friday 31st May, 2013 On Friday morning, however, Vodafone said it had agreed with China Mobile to pull out, saying the opportunity does not either company's "the strict internal investment ... Britain's Vodafone and China Mobile said on Friday they
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Kachin peace within reach for Myanmar
Yangon :: Myanmar | 19 days ago
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The government of Myanmar announced it would release ethnic Kachin detainees after moving to remove a separatist group from a sanctions list, a minister said. Myanmar has received international recognition for political reforms that started with
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The Irrawaddy: Mining, plantations affect livelihoods of Kachin villagers, NGO says
Bangkok :: Thailand | 22 days ago
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Unregulated gold mining, agro-industrial farming and hydropower development in Kachin State is affecting thousands of villagers, who are suffering from environmental destruction and a loss of farmland, a Kachin rights group warned. The People's
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Burma holidays: Ancient myths and mischievous spirits at ancient Bagan
Yangon :: Myanmar | 22 days ago
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But for a millennium they have clung to this pre-Buddhist superstition: the belief that the 37 nat spirits (which include flower-eating ogresses, drunken gamblers and serpent-wielding ladies) can aid or inhibit human endeavour. And while Buddhism
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