Wednesday, March 11, 2015

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National News

How Student-led Education Protests Took a Violent Turn

Posted: 11 Mar 2015 10:40 AM PDT

Since November 2014, students have been on the march against the new National Education Law.

‘Blood on your hands’: EU defends training for police force

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:18 PM PDT

The European Union last night defended itself against allegations of complicity in police brutality following a violent crackdown on students in Bago Region, saying it was not responsible for "decisions on the ground".

UN meets government over Kokang aid request

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:16 PM PDT

United Nations representatives met government officials in Lashio yesterday to discuss the authorities' request for international humanitarian support for people displaced by the deadly conflict in the Kokang region of Shan State.

Detained businessman ‘leaped to death from window’: police

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:14 PM PDT

An ethnic Chinese businessman with family ties to the commander of Kokang rebels died after leaping from a window of Yangon's military hospital where he was in custody, according to an official police account released yesterday following reports that he had been tortured.

Protest ends in brutal crackdown

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:07 PM PDT

Baton-wielding police yesterday attacked students and monks in Letpadan and arrested almost 130 people in a violent end to an eight-day stand-off over the national education law.

Rohingya clash with Bangladesh forces near Cox’s Bazar

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:06 PM PDT

More than 100 Rohingya migrants have been released from jail in Bangladesh after a high-speed chase and gunfight on March 6 left one Bangladeshi border guard wounded, sources told The Myanmar Times.

Dam public consultation ends in protest, criticism

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 09:55 PM PDT

Participants question whether consulting firm broke Unlawful Associations Act in contacting armed groups.

Mon language classes to launch at state schools

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 09:54 PM PDT

Students in Mon State will be able to study the Mon language at local schools starting this academic year, according to U Min Aung Zay, leader of the Mon language curriculum working committee.

Protests blamed for youth centre delays

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 09:28 PM PDT

A national youth centre whose establishment was proposed by President U Thein Sein is yet to open after nearly a year – and some are accusing the authorities of preventing it from opening because they fear it could become a focus of student activism.
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