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• Ten more rice firms for China trade after outcry
• Freedom brings little respite for political prisoners
• Damning health indicators for Eastern Shan
• 'Slap on the wrist': corruption goes unpunished
• Protests highlight labour law shortcomings
• Kachin investigation team to seek UN participation
• Female prisoners injured in Kokang convoy attack
• UN rights rep cautions on backsliding
• Kokang on agenda at March peace talks

Ten more rice firms for China trade after outcry Posted: 26 Feb 2015 01:18 AM PST The Myanmar Rice Federation will accept invitations for ten more rice companies to receive permission to export rice to China after the first nine firms it selected were criticised for their lack of experience.

Freedom brings little respite for political prisoners Posted: 26 Feb 2015 12:48 AM PST Thousands of former political prisoners in Myanmar are still suffering, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), due to financial hardship and poor health.

Damning health indicators for Eastern Shan Posted: 26 Feb 2015 12:43 AM PST The failings of the state health system have left eastern Myanmar with disease and mortality indicators closer to those of war-torn Somalia than to the rest of Myanmar, a new large-scale survey has shown.

'Slap on the wrist': corruption goes unpunished Posted: 26 Feb 2015 12:40 AM PST Just one of 450 civil servants punished for corruption has received a jail term in the almost four years since U Thein Sein's government took office, a senior minister has revealed, with the vast majority receiving a slap on the wrist.

Protests highlight labour law shortcomings Posted: 26 Feb 2015 12:38 AM PST Labour groups have blamed weaknesses in the legal framework for an outbreak of protests at factories in Yangon that has resulted in confrontations between workers and police.

Kachin investigation team to seek UN participation Posted: 26 Feb 2015 12:32 AM PST The Kachin Baptist Convention plans to ask the United Nations to join its team investigating the rape and murder of two female volunteers in northern Shan State in January, a senior official said.

Female prisoners injured in Kokang convoy attack Posted: 25 Feb 2015 11:40 PM PST Dozens of female prisoners were injured in a fierce firefight between rebels and soldiers in northeastern Myanmar following an attack on a government convoy, state media has confirmed.

UN rights rep cautions on backsliding Posted: 25 Feb 2015 11:30 PM PST The United Nations human rights chief has warned that widespread abuses of minority rights in Myanmar threatened to undermine reforms in the country.

Kokang on agenda at March peace talks Posted: 25 Feb 2015 03:47 PM PST Fighting in the Kokang region between the Tatmadaw and a local ethnic armed group will be up for discussion at the next round of peace talks, but Kokang representatives will likely be barred from the talks.

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