Saturday, August 25, 2012

Map of flooding in Karen and Mon states


24-Aug-12

The following is a map showing the location of flooding in Burma’s Karen 

and Mon states for Aug. 18-22. More than 75,000 people in Burma have 

been affected by flooding of hundreds of villages and large areas of farmland, 

the ACT Alliance of church organizations said in a statement on Thursday.


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Kachin refugees in China forced to return


Friday, 24 August 2012 12:38 Mizzima News
China has begun a forced return of thousands of ethnic Kachin refugees to northern
 Burma, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday.

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Press Protest Gets Red Light, as Journals Put on Trial


24-Aug-12
A media rights group has been denied permission to hold a protest in Rangoon next week, 
as courts in Burma’s largest city move forward with lawsuits lodged against 
two journals by the government.

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China forces refugees to return to conflict zone


24-Aug-12
China has pushed thousands of refugees from Burma’s Kachin minority back across 
the border into a province wracked by fighting between government troops and
 ethnic guerillas, the rebels said Friday.

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