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Student protests: 13 denied bail
One activist faints at a pre-trial hearing at Tharawaddy court, allegedly from injuries sustained in the police crackdown in Letpadan on 10 March.
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Student protests: calls for ‘open and transparent’ trial
The trial of student activists being prosecuted for their part in an education reform protest in Letpadan is being transferred to a court in Tharawaddy.
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Seven arrested as student protests reignite across Burma
Burmese students and activists take to the streets again, calling for the release of fellow protestors and denouncing the watered-down amendments bill.
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Student protests: Police deploy water cannons at Letpadan
A standoff ensues in Pegu Division as student activists pledge to continue marching to Rangoon, while riot police move in to block them.
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All student protests temporarily suspended
Student demonstrators who are marching to Rangoon from Mandalay have announced that they will take a ten-day break from their march during the school exam period.
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Student protests: apparent breakthrough reached in Rangoon
“If our demands are met, we will call off the march right here and now.”
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Student protests: Thein Lwin suspended by NLD
Nationwide protests continue to grow, as negotiations on stalled four-way talks are held between reform groups and education officials.
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Student protests: Ministry says it will amend Education Law
Burma’s Ministry of Education announces that it is working on amendments to the National Education Law, which it then intends to present to parliament.
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Student protests: Interactive map
Track the progress of the various groups of students protesting the National Education Law with our interactive map.
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Professors voice support for student protests
The Rangoon University Teachers’ Association (RUTA) has announced its support for students protesting the National Education Bill.
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Student protests continue across Rangoon
Four days in, student demonstrations show no signs of abating.
Growing backlash after students expelled for protests over education budget
Anger is growing after dozens of university enrollees were expelled in recent days for demanding an increase to Burma’s national education budget, reviving a proud but often fraught tradition of student protest that has in the past both unseated dictators and killed thousands of young dissidents.
ABFSU, NNER demand re-admission of expelled student activist
We firmly believe there should be no ‘double jeopardy’,” said Dr. Arkar Moe Thu, the chairperson of Dagon University Teachers Union.
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Interview: ‘Women are not complaining or sitting idly’
Chin human rights activist Cheery Zahau speaks to DVB about what is needed to empower women in the workforce.
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Kickstarting the economy from the classroom
Education reform in Burma is underway — and not a moment too soon.
BBC Burmese reporter jailed for hitting policeman
Nay Myo Lin, a reporter for the BBC Burmese-language service, denounced his three-month prison sentence as unfair after he was found guilty of assaulting a police officer during protests last year.
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The road to rural healthcare reform
Mismanagement and a chronic lack of funding during 50 years of military rule are the main culprits for the poor state of healthcare in Burma today.
Student activists decry UN ambassador’s ‘criminal’ label
Student activists jailed during protests last year say Burma’s ambassador to the UN should be ashamed of himself for calling them “criminals”.
Exhibition highlights work of conflict photojournalists
Photojournalists working in conflict zones share their work and experiences at an event in Rangoon.
No faith in new VP, say jailed students
Students jailed after police violence in 2015 say the election of a military hardliner as Burma’s new vice president could spell a revision to the country’s political reforms.
‘It’s our turn to deliver’
Dr. Zaw Myint Maung talks about the NLD’s landslide win, the move from national to regional parliament and the challenges Mandalay Region is facing.
Burmese poets turn their pens to lawmaking
Poets have long expressed the mood of Burma’s repressed people through verse. Now, 11 of them, all representing the NLD, will help write the nation’s laws.
Monk pressure ends student hunger strike
Detained student activists ended nearly three weeks of hunger striking yesterday, following calls from influential political leaders and organisations.
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Trevor Wilson: ‘I don’t think history will re-evaluate Suu Kyi’
Australia’s former ambassador to Burma, Trevor Wilson, speaks about how far Burma has come since his tenure, and why he thinks Thein Sein is under-valued.
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NLD rejects Ko Ko Gyi, 88 Generation
The most high-profile exclusion was the charismatic protest leader Ko Ko Gyi, who spent more than 17 years in and out of prison before his 2012 release.
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Student activist Po Po released on bail
Student activist Yadana Su Po Khine, also known as Po Po, has been released on bail by a court in Rangoon.
Female activists sentenced for prayer session in Mandalay
Three leading political activists in Mandalay have each been sentenced to four months in prison for staging a peaceful protest without permission in March.
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5 Tavoy student activists sentenced
Five members of the Tavoy University Students Union were sentenced on Wednesday for their involvement in an education law protests earlier this year.
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Political prisoners need health care too
Doctors are obliged to maintain professional ethnics. The health of our political prisoners is an emergency, and we cannot wait.
Rangoon artists, gallery owners wary of renewed censorship
“Now, artists have started moving on,” said Min Lwin, who opened Gallery 65 in Rangoon in 2010. “They are looking more into culturally subversive matters.”
