| @font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Times"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(254, 254, 254); }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } 23 Oct 2010 |
@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Times"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; color: black; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(254, 254, 254); }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } The Burmese junta tightened security around downtown Rangoon amid reports that monks and activists planned to gather at the city’s famous Shwedagon Pagoda to protest next month's election, according to local sources. |
4 Sep 2010
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Two young men were shot dead in a dispute with soldiers of the Southern Region Military Command in Pegu. Hundreds of angry residents gathered at the hospital.
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5 Jul 2010
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Hundreds of students from Technological University in Sittwe in western Burma protested peacefully against a 100 percent hike in school bus fares.
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6 Mar 2010
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Around 4,000 factory workers at two garment factories in South Dagon Township's No. 2 Industrial Zone on the outskirts of Rangoon staged a sit-in
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5 Mar 2010
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Several thousand factory workers in Shwepyithar Township, on the western outskirts of Rangoon staged a sit-in
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3 Mar 2010
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20 workers employed by the “Super” clothing factory in Shwe Pyi Thar Industrial Zone, north of Rangoon went on strike to support demands for more pay.
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20 Feb 2010
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Burmese-language newspaper Myanma Ahlin reported that Ashin Kumara, the chairman of Junta-backed State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee, said he planned to call a meeting of all senior abbots to discuss new regulations that aim to improve monastic discipline.
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17 Feb 2010
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About 100 factory workers from Sky garment factory in the western part of Insein Township in Rangoon participated in a strike calling for an increase in basic salary, better overtime pay and days off on public holidays
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16-18 Feb 2010
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Workers from the South Korean owned Lion City garment factory held a strike demanding better wages and working conditions which ended when their employers agreed to some of their key demands.
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8-10 Feb 2010
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The military government deployed hundreds of armed riot police after more than 2,000 workers at the Taiyi shoe factory, Kyarlay, Mya fashion and Opal 2 garment factory just outside Rangoon went on strike over low pay.
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17 Jan 2010
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Women workers from Weng Hong Hung garment factory in Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone No. 3 went on strike
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7 Jan 2010
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About 100 workers from a prawn cold storage in Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone No. 2 went on strike
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