14 March 2012
Buthidaung, Arakan State: Police from Buthidaung arrested family members
of a wanted person while unable to arrest the wanted person himself, in
Buthidaung, on March 6, according to an elder from Buthidaung.
Since the FTUB/M was formed in 1991, we are working to restore democracy, human rights, social justice and trade unions for Burma and the people of Burma.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Villagers accuse Burma Army of forced labor abuses
13 March 2012
Villagers living along the Tavoy-Kanchanaburi Highway linking Burma to
Thailand accuse Burma Army soldiers of demanding they provide trucks
to transport foods and munitions for the military.
Burma Army battalions under Coastal Command headquarters based at
Myitta Sub Township, Tavoy, in the Tenasserim Division have since January
this year ordered villagers from Sin Phyu Dai, Wartaw, Amo, Htee Htar,
Maw Htar, and Htee Khee villages to use their trucks to move
military equipment. A local villager – for security reasons did not want
to be named – told Karen News.
Hunger, poverty reduction complex problems in Asia
13 March 2012
(Mizzima) – With food prices twice as high as a decade ago, feeding
nearly 600 million people suffering from hunger and malnutrition in
the Asia-Pacific region is becoming more difficult.
“Eradicating hunger has become more complex and challenging in
“Eradicating hunger has become more complex and challenging in
this region,’’ according to regional representatives of the Food and
Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which opened
a major regional conference in Hanoi this week.
Complaint on Recruitment of Child Soldier Filed with ILO
13 March 2012
Parents from Pauktaw in Arakan State have recently lodged a complaint
with the International Labour Organization through a local human rights
group, stating their underage son was tricked and recruited into
the Burmese military.
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