FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Junta lays charges against BBC and the Irrawaddy The junta announced, via its media on Oct. 14, that it will charge the BBC and the Irrawaddy Burmese language news services under the Telecommunications and News Media laws. The reason stated is that both professional media outlets failed to publish the junta’s …
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'We see, we come, we conquer'- Arakan National Party
Burma’s elections are likely to worsen the plight of the oppressed Rohingya Muslim community, with the ANP Buddhist party gaining power in Arakan State.
Arakan National Party members compete for candidacy
Party members vying to stand for the party are subject to voting in a new, democratic internal system.
Burma’s Arakan Army Replicates Russia’s Propaganda Playbook, Argues Zarni
Guest Contributor Maung Zarni While the world’s attention is fixated on the escalating NATO-Russia proxy war taking place on Ukraine’s soil, with its nuclear saber-rattling and domino effect on the world’s economy, on Burma’s western front, the decades-old triangular conflict deserves some serious attention as the deeply troubled country’s civil war has widened to engulf …
Rakhine crisis a ‘challenge to national sovereignty and dignity,’ says NLD
The National League for Democracy addressed the crisis in Rakhine State in a statement marking Independence Day on Thursday, with the party describing the situation in the country’s west as a “challenge to national sovereignty and dignity.”
Another member of ANP leadership quits party
Kyaw Zaw Oo, a member of the Arakan National Party’s Central Executive Committee, has become the latest politician to the defect from the increasingly enfeebled ethnic Rakhine political party, which saw its chairman resign last week.