21 Dec 2012
An
election held in the Ward-4 in Maungdaw Town excluded the participation
of
Rohingyas even though they make up one-third of the pollution.
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21 Dec 2012
Chiang
Mai: Thailand-based Arakanese NGO known as the Arakan Human Rights
and
Development Organization (AHRDO) have published a report on Thursday
to
highlight the problems and difficulties still facing the survivors of Cyclone
Giri in Arakan State.
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21 Dec 2012
Since
October 26, Karen National Union representatives and members
of
community-based-groups have attended the KNU 15th Congress to vote
in a new
executive, department heads and the central standing committee.
Karen News
spoke to two KNU representatives attending the Congress
about the changes that
the ceasefire in Karen State has brought.
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21 Dec 2012
The
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has appointed the former Indonesian
Vice President Jusuf Kalla as the special envoy to Burma to oversee matters
involving
sectarian violence that broke out between Rohingya and Rakhine in
Arakan state,
according to an OIC official statement.
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21 Dec 2012
Burmese
authorities have rejected the application of local residents for a peaceful
protest planned to be held on 26th of December outside the office
of the China
National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) that is working
for the Shwe Gas Project
on Kyaukpru’s Madae Island in Arakan State.
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21 Dec 2012
Increased
fighting between the Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Army
(KIA) since
the beginning of December has nothing to do with the ongoing protests
against
joint Sino-Burmese copper mine project in Letpadaung, Sagaing Region,
according
to well-known Yunnan-based analyst Aung Kyaw Zaw.
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