Karen National Union to hold ‘emergency meeting’
Karen National Union (KNU)’s Central Committee is preparing to hold an emergency meeting next week to discuss the divisions within the organisation’s leadership Locals protest against new power plant
About 100 people in Tenasserim division’s Kawthaung town protested in the streets on Tuesday morning against a coal power plant that recently became operational More demonstrators charged for protesting without permits
The leaders of a workers’ protest in Rangoon’s Sanchaung township last week have been charged by the police for demonstrating without an official permit Three killed following fishery row
Three people were killed after a violent scuffle erupted following a dispute between a fishery operator and locals in Irrawaddy division’s Kyonpyaw township Petition campaign launched to free imprisoned activist
A humans right group kicked off a petition campaign calling for the release of activist Aye Myint who is serving a life sentence after being charged with plotting a bomb attack in Rangoon four years ago Residents in flooded delta region call for more aid
Residents in the Irrawaddy Region’s Pantanaw township, which has been submerged by floodwaters for more than a month, are calling for emergency relief Freed Rangoon bomber appeals guilty verdict
Phyo Wei Aung, who was controversially convicted of masterminding a bomb attack in Rangoon in 2010 but recently released from jail, has today appealed to Burma's Supreme Court to have his guilty verdict overturned Karen National Union, peace committee hold preliminary talks
The government’s Peace Making Work Committee and a KNU delegation met in the Burmese border town of Myawaddy in eastern Karen state on Sunday to discuss an upcoming meeting later this month Phyo Wei Aung: ‘I was tortured’
After being pardoned on Friday, DVB’s Naw Noreen spoke with Phyo Wei Aung, who had previously been found guilty of masterminding the bombings in Rangoon during ‘Rangoon bomber’ receives presidential pardon
Death row prisoner Phyo Wai Aung, who was charged with plotting the New Year’s bombings in April 2010, has been freed by a presidential pardon this afternoon

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