Man nabbed for illegal border crossing
A man from Arakan State who has been imprisoned in Thailand and China for illegal entry faces similar charges in Burma after crossing the border at Muse in Shan State.
20 Search results for ""illegal border crossing""
Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya
India turns on Rohingya refugees, seeking deportation as Kashmir boils
Rising tensions with bordering Pakistan and a spike in separatist violence in neighbouring Kashmir, coupled with nationalist anti-Islamic sentiment globally, are threatening Rohingya Muslim refugees in India as demands grow for their eviction.
Human Rights Justice Lead Story News
Gambira sentenced to six months with hard labour
The sentence, handed down today in Mandalay, was denounced by the former monk who led the 2007 Saffron Revolution.
Illegal Burmese migrants arrested in western Thailand
Over 100 Burmese nationals were arrested in western Thailand on Sunday, after being lured across the border by a trafficker who promised them jobs in the Kingdom, according to local news reports
UN envoy meets with activists, ‘new year bomber’
UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights for Burma Tomas Ojea Quintana met with prominent activist groups and death row inmate Phyo Wai Aung in Rangoon yesterday before flying to western Burma
Canadian photographer in court
62-year-old had crossed to Wawlay in Karen state before being arrested whilst taking photographs and sent to Myawaddy
DVB video journalist gets 13 years
Father of jailed Sithu Zeya had led a team of VJs inside Burma until he was arrested for taking photos of the aftermath of the Rangoon bombings
Young DVB reporter ‘tortured daily’
A group of 17 political prisoners protest treatment of Sithu Zeya and threaten to go on hunger stirke unless wardens cease abuse
Jailed DVB reporter in isolation cell
Sithu Zeya moved to solitary confinement after apparent misunderstanding of customs inside Rangoon’s notorious Insein prison
DVB reporter gets 8 year jail term
21-year-old arrested for photographing the aftermath of the Rangoon bombings in April sentenced while his father awaits verdict
Shan party decries USDP ‘threats’
PM’s party allegedly threatening illegal migrant workers in Shan state with arrest unless they swear allegiance to the USDP
Rangoon bomb suspect put in solitary
Phyo Wei Aung barred from contact with other inmates in Insein prison and complains that he is being denied basic prisoners’ rights such as exercise
'Prayer' activists appear in court
Jan 12, 2010 (DVB), The detained organizer of weekly prayer ceremonies that called for the release of political prisoners in Burma yesterday complained about prison conditions in a court appearance.[…]
15-year sentence for displaying a poster
Oct 28, 2009 (DVB), A courtroom in Rangoon has handed down a 15-year sentence to a man arrested after putting up a poster calling for the release of political prisoners[…]
Factory worker jailed for 19 years after ILO report
Dec 9, 2008 (DVB), Kyi Myint Taing township court in Rangoon yesterday sentenced three people to between five and 19 years after they reported a labour rights issue to the[…]
Nine political prisoners dismiss defence lawyers
Oct 8, 2008 (DVB), Nine political prisoners have decided not to enter a defence during their trials in protest at the unfairness of the legal proceedings, their lawyer Khin Maung[…]
NLD member jailed after photographing polling stations
Aug 28, 2008 (DVB), A National League for Democracy member who was arrested for taking photographs of polling stations during the May referendum has been given a three-year jail term[…]
Trials open for U Gambira and Htin Kyaw
Aug 21, 2008 (DVB), Prominent monk U Gambira and activist Ko Htin Kyaw, who led demonstrations against commodity price hikes last August, appeared before the district court inside Insein prison[…]
U Gambira charged with 10 offences
Aug 19, 2008 (DVB), Eleven people detained in connection with last September's public demonstrations, including prominent monk U Gambira, have appeared before Insein prison court to hear charges against them,[…]
Political detainee collapses at court hearing
Mar 13, 2008 (DVB), A political detainee fainted twice at court yesterday when he and four others were brought from Insein prison to Kyauktada township court for a hearing, the[…]
