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    66 Search results for "Hsipaw"

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    Hsipaw court returns items confiscated from 3 journalists

    The trio – DVB’s Aye Nai and Pyae Phone Aung, and The Irrawaddy’s Lawi Weng – were arrested at a checkpoint while returning from TNLA territory.

    Lead Story Media News

    Journalists walk free from Hsipaw court

    “The case has finally come to an end. This is such an auspicious day.”

    Aid Conflict Lead Story News

    3,000 IDPs sheltering in Hsipaw, Namtu

    Relief workers say that these internally displaced persons are urgently in need of blankets and warm clothing as the cold season sets in.

    Lead Story News Peace Process Shan

    300 Hsipaw IDPs returning home

    “The IDPs are being repatriated as calm gradually returns to the area,” a Shan MP tells DVB.

    Conflict Lead Story News Shan

    SSA-North rejects encroachment accusations

    The state government accuses the Shan army of contravening a state-level agreement outlining areas of control and prompting hostilities with Burmese troops.

    Conflict Lead Story News

    Hostilities with Burma Army across three Shan State townships: TNLA

    Clashes between Tatmadaw troops and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) flared in three northern Shan State townships on Wednesday, the ethnic armed group has announced.

    Lead Story Media News

    Dropping of journalists’ ‘unlawful association’ charges faces procedural delay

    The formal withdrawal of charges in the high-profile “unlawful association” case involving three journalists and three others in Shan State’s Hsipaw Township was postponed on Monday, with the legal bureaucracy delaying their official exoneration for another several days.

    Lead Story Media News

    Military drops cases against six journalists, including DVB duo

    In a surprise Friday announcement, the Tatmadaw said that it will be dropping charges it had brought against six journalists, including a high-profile “unlawful association” case it had brought against two reporters from DVB and one from The Irrawaddy news outlet.

    Lead Story Media News

    Bail rejected again for defendants in ‘unlawful association’ trial

    Bail was denied for a second time on Friday at the fourth hearing in the case of three journalists and three other defendants facing charges at a court in Shan State under Burma’s Unlawful Associations Act.

    Lead Story Media News

    Prosecution’s military witnesses are no-shows at ‘unlawful association’ hearing

    The third hearing in the case of a trio of detained journalists and three civilians on charges of “unlawful association” was held on Friday, with two of the prosecution’s witnesses failing to appear before the court despite being scheduled to do so.

    Lead Story Media News

    Defendants denied bail in high-profile ‘unlawful association’ trial

    Three journalists and three other defendants facing charges under Burma’s Unlawful Associations Act were denied bail Friday at their second hearing in Hsipaw Township, Shan State, where the high-profile case continued and the defendants’ detention stretched into its sixth week.

    Lead Story Media News

    Trial underway for journalists accused of unlawful association

    The trial of three journalists and three other men accused of “unlawful association” with an ethnic armed group began in earnest on Friday, with a court in Hsipaw Township, Shan State, taking testimony from the case’s plaintiff, an army major.

    Human Rights Lead Story News

    NLD lawmaker assails UN human rights rapportuer’s harsh words for Burma

    A member of the Lower House of Parliament has submitted an urgent proposal to denounce the findings of Yanghee Lee, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma. The proposal was approved for further discussion by Lower House Speaker Win Myint.

    Human Rights International Relations Lead Story News

    UN human rights envoy piles pressure on govt in latest Burma critique

    UN human rights envoy Yanghee Lee offered stern words for the Burmese government on Friday evening, urging it to reconsider its refusal to issue visas to a UN fact-finding mission tasked with probing alleged human rights abuses in Arakan State and elsewhere in Burma.

    Lead Story Media News

    Journalists’ court hearing delayed again

    The judge apparently has to attend a training workshop on 21 July and is therefore unable to be in court that day.

    Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Burmese military warns of imminent ‘terrorist attack’ in Lashio

    Ethnic rebels refute allegations, and say the Burmese military is “spreading lies”. KIA spokesman says the campaign is a veiled threat against the local population.

    Lead Story Media News

    DVB, Irrawaddy reporters remanded in custody until 21 July

    A impromptu remand hearing was called today court for three journalists who were arrested last week in Shan State.

    Law Lead Story Media News

    Lawyers question legal basis for journalists’ unlawful association case

    Legal experts suggest that the case brought against three detained journalists who are being charged under Burma’s Unlawful Associations Act lacks a sound basis upon which to pursue prosecution, given the specifics of the colonial-era legislation’s provisions.

    Lead Story Media News

    EU urges Burma to protect free speech after arrests of journalists

    The European Union on Monday urged Burma to protect journalists from “intimidation, arrest or prosecution” after several cases of reporters running into trouble with the law, including three detained by the army last week.

    Lead Story Media News

    Family members visit detained DVB journalist

    “All three journalists are in good health. What they really need is food. Aye Naing can eat the food here, but the two younger journalists cannot stomach it.”

    Lead Story Media News

    Irrawaddy, DVB journalists’ hearing set for 11 July

    The Irrawaddy’s Lawi Weng and DVB’s Aye Nai and Pyae Phone Aung, along with three civilians, were charged today under the Unlawful Association Act.

    Lead Story Media News

    Burmese journalists charged, thrown in jail for ‘Unlawful Association’

    Three journalists detained on Monday have been formally charged for ‘Unlawful Association’ and have been thrown in prison just after noon today.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story Military News

    Manpang People’s Militia conscripting youths in Shan State

    “Out of each three boys, they had to draw lots to determine which one would have to join the militia.”

    Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    RCSS-TNLA fighting in Shan State sends hundreds fleeing

    One civilian was killed on Tuesday and hundreds more were displaced in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme district as fighting broke out between the Shan State Army-South, a nationwide ceasefire agreement signatory group, and the non-signatory Ta’ang National Liberation Army.

    Lead Story News Shan

    Fire destroys market in Shan State

    The market in the northern Shan State town of Namlan was devastated by fire on Sunday.

    Conflict Lead Story News Shan

    SSA-N reports shelling, shooting of civilian

    A local villager in central Shan state’s Monghsu Township was reported dead as the Burmese Army launched attack on the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) in the area on Wednesday, according[…]

    Conflict Lead Story News Shan

    IDPs call for Tatmadaw withdrawal from Shan State

    The group also reportedly called for the Tatmadaw to release two villagers who were detained during a raid on a SSA-S facility in the village of Panpwe.

    Lead Story News

    3 Burmese towns in Top 10 fastest growing destinations: Agoda

    The Singapore-based hotel and flight booking agent has announced a list of its top ten Asian destinations that are seeing the fastest growth in visitors from Europe.

    Conflict Lead Story Natural resources News

    Shan coal mine linked to army offensive, abuses: report

    A new report alleges that a recent Burmese army offensive in Shan State was linked to coal-mining operations opposed by local people.

    Conflict Lead Story News Shan

    200 villagers flee fighting in Namtu

    “They claimed that three or four villagers from Wanmai were abducted by the Palaung armed group [TNLA] and yet to return.”

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