News: Burma

We have started to collect the most important news related to Burma in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Burma: news

Australia ups aid for Rohingyas

Thursday, March 5th 2009, 4:58

Australia's foreign minister pledges an additional $1.5m to help displaced people from Burma's Rohingya minority.
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Two blasts hit main Burmese city

Wednesday, March 4th 2009, 5:27
related places: Rangoon

Two explosions take place in the Burmese city of Rangoon.
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Burma offers Rohingya return deal

Saturday, February 28th 2009, 7:27

Burma says it will take back thousands of ethnic Rohingyas who have fled, but only if they identify themselves as Bengali.
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Burma rights still 'challenging'

Friday, February 20th 2009, 6:53

A UN human rights envoy says the situation in Burma is "challenging", as the search for an effective policy continues.
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UN rights envoy returns to Burma

Monday, February 16th 2009, 5:54

The UN envoy on human rights in Burma visits Karen state, hoping to see political prisoners, in his second visit since May.
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Burma 'must stop Rohingya abuse'

Monday, February 9th 2009, 0:01
related countries: United States

The US calls on Burma's military rulers to stop persecuting the Rohingya Muslim minority, many of whom have fled.
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Jolie concern at Rohingya plight

Friday, February 6th 2009, 8:57
related countries: Thailand, United States

US film star Angelina Jolie speaks out on behalf of Rohingya boat people, while visiting a refugee camp on the Thai-Burmese border.
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Outcasts

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 22:13

What drives Burma's Rohingya to sea?
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UN envoy's Burma trip criticised

Wednesday, February 4th 2009, 11:35

Burma's opposition says it has seen little progress from the latest visit from UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari.
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Boat people rescued off Indonesia

Tuesday, February 3rd 2009, 12:00
related countries: Indonesia

Nearly 200 people, believed to be Burmese Rohingya, are rescued from a boat adrift off Indonesia's coast, officials say.
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Suu Kyi demands prisoner release

Monday, February 2nd 2009, 10:20

Burma's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi tells a UN envoy all political prisoners in her country must be freed.
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Burma rejects boat-people claims

Friday, January 30th 2009, 10:59
related countries: Thailand

Burma says Rohingya migrants arriving in Thailand cannot be from its shores as they are not a recognised ethnic group there.
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UN urges Thailand refugee inquiry

Thursday, January 29th 2009, 9:47
related countries: Thailand

The UN's refugee agency urges a thorough investigation into claims that the Thai military mistreated hundreds of Burmese migrants.
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'Six million Burmese need food'

Wednesday, January 28th 2009, 16:04

Six million Burmese now need food aid, despite a healthy national rice surplus, warns the UN's World Food Programme.
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Burma's 'abused Chin need help'

Wednesday, January 28th 2009, 6:51

Human Rights Watch calls for fresh attention to the desperate plight of Burma's persecuted Chin minority.
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Thai detainees 'sent back to sea'

Friday, January 23rd 2009, 9:16
related countries: Thailand

Thailand admits it has sent 126 Burmese asylum-seekers back out to sea, amid a scandal over its treatment of immigrants.
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Thailand defies UN over migrants

Friday, January 23rd 2009, 9:16
related countries: Thailand

Thailand admits it has sent scores more asylum-seekers back out to sea, having ignored a UN request for information.
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UN awaits Thai reply on migrants

Friday, January 23rd 2009, 6:33
related countries: Thailand

The UN awaits a Thai response on the fate of 126 Burmese migrants, amid claims previous groups were cast adrift at sea.
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Rohingya migrants want to return

Thursday, January 22nd 2009, 6:46
related countries: Bangladesh, India, Thailand

Migrants rescued by India as they tried to reach Thailand from Bangladesh and Burma say they want to return home.
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Burmese men's survival tale doubt

Wednesday, January 21st 2009, 16:41
related countries: Aruba

Australian officials quiz two Burmese fishermen as doubts are raised that they spent 25 days at sea in a large ice box.
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Burma fishermen in amazing escape

Tuesday, January 20th 2009, 8:20
related countries: Aruba

Two Burmese fishermen survive for almost a month in shark-infested waters after their boat sinks, Australian officials say.
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Thailand to tackle migrant claims

Monday, January 19th 2009, 9:59
related countries: Thailand

Thailand investigates claims that Burmese migrants were sent to their death at sea, as Indian media report hundreds of deaths.
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Thais hold more migrants amid row

Friday, January 16th 2009, 14:03
related countries: Thailand

The Thai military takes into custody more Burmese refugees, amid accusations they cast previous groups adrift at sea.
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Thais 'leave boat people to die'

Thursday, January 15th 2009, 14:48
related countries: Bangladesh, Thailand

Illegal migrants from Bangladesh and Burma say Thai soldiers tied their hands and forced them back to sea on boats without engines.
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Burma frees North Korean refugees

Thursday, January 1st 2009, 11:24
related countries: North Korea, Thailand

Burma releases 19 North Korean refugees at the border with Thailand, a South Korean diplomat says.
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Firms to pipe Burma gas to China

Monday, December 29th 2008, 10:27
related countries: China, India, North Korea

Burma signs a deal with Korean and Indian firms to pipe gas to China, despite complaints from rights activists.
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Ne Win's daughter freed in Burma

Saturday, December 13th 2008, 14:01

Burma's military government frees the daughter of the late leader, Ne Win, after more than six years of house arrest.
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UN boss rejects Burma visit plea

Saturday, December 6th 2008, 1:50

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he may visit Burma, but rejects calls from former world leaders to go there now.
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Burma comic 'sent to remote jail'

Thursday, December 4th 2008, 23:30

A Burmese dissident comedian jailed for 59 years is moved to a prison in the remote north of the country, says his family.
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Laughter defying Burma's junta

Saturday, November 29th 2008, 12:27

Andrew Harding reflects on his friendship with Burmese comedian Zarganar who, despite repeated arrests and imprisonment, continues to make jokes about the country's military rule.
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Burma comic jailed for 45 years

Friday, November 21st 2008, 13:48

Popular Burmese comedian and activist Zarganar is sentenced to 45 years in jail in the latest of a string of imprisonments.
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