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Panel discussion underway on Day 2 of the IPI World Congress on March 28, 2015. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
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29 March 2015
International media event explores challenges to...
As a small group of protesters stood outside, participants at the International Press...
Dams pose serious challenges on a social, environmental and sustainable level in Myanmar. Ye Ywar Hydro Power Dam, Myanmar. Photo: UNTLAW/Panoramio
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28 March 2015
Fears over dam in Kayin State
Earlier this month a coalition of Karen environmental community based groups, the Karen...
Students on motorcycles shout slogans during a protest against the violent police crackdown in Letpadan and calling to free all detained students, in Mandalay on March 27, 2015. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima
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28 March 2015
Students take to the streets to protest over...
Police are reported to have made several arrests after students to the streets across...
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28 March 2015
Kokang fighters deny recruiting Chinese...
The Kokang fighters battling with Myanmar government troops in Shan State has denied...
Myanmar opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi talks to media representatives as she leaves after Myanmar's Union Parliament regular assembly in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, March 26, 2015, the day before Armed Forces Day. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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28 March 2015
Suu Kyi ducks Armed Forces Day on health grounds
Myanmar's opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi snubbed a grand annual parade showcasing...
The flag of the European Union flies outside of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. Photo: Patrick Seeger/EPA
News
28 March 2015
Govt accuses EU of infringing on Myanmar’s...
The government has criticised a European Union resolution adopted by the United Nations...
A masked protester holds up a sign in protest while Information Minister U Ye Htut is speaking during the opening session of the IPI World Congress on media freedom in Yangon on March 27, 2015. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
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27 March 2015
Information minister hints at ‘action’ against...
During the opening of the IPI World Congress on press freedom being held in Yangon,...
65th IPI World Congress 2015 opens at the Chatrium Hotel in Yangon on March 27, 2015. Photo: Malik Ayub Sumbal/Twitter
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27 March 2015
Myanmar hosts world press meet amidst boycott...
The International Press Institute is holding its 65th IPI World Congress 2015 at the...
Students walk along the Adipadi road of Yangon University in Yangon, Myanmar, December 5, 2013. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
News
27 March 2015
Myanmar upper house approves student unions
Proposals to allow Myanmar students to form unions for the first time in decades passed...
Global Witness has mapped alleged land grabbing in Shan State. Map: Global Witness
News
27 March 2015
NGO report details alleged Shan State land grabs
NGO Global Witness has issued a report about the detrimental effects of influential...
Students, families and supporters rally outside the Letpadan court on March 25, 2015. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
News
26 March 2015
Students could be jailed for up to 9 years: lawyer
One of the lawyers representing the students arrested in Letpadan that they could each be...
Philip Blackwood (C), with U Tun Thurein and U Htut Ko Ko Lwin being taken to court on March 17, 2015. They were sentenced to two and a half years in jail over the posting of an image of Buddha wearing headphones on Facebook. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
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26 March 2015
Petition seeks to free ‘Buddha bar’ trio
Supporters of imprisoned VGastro Pub managers Mr Philip Blackwood, U Tun Thurein and U...

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