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• UN investigator told to avoid ‘controversial’ terms
• Human rights chief slams treatment of minorities
• Myanmar nationals make up eighth-largest refugee group: UN
• In Mon State, expanding quarries threaten farms
• Ban on Muslim lawyers network sought
• Wa and Mongla accept invitations to join peace process: govt negotiator
• Calendar printers convicted, imprisoned
• Journalists banned from Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday
• Land seized by Health Ministry to be returned
• South Korea donates 40 schoolbuses

UN investigator told to avoid ‘controversial’ terms Posted: 20 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar was asked yesterday to refrain from using "controversial" terminology to refer to people in Rakhine State.

Human rights chief slams treatment of minorities Posted: 20 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Widespread and ongoing violations against Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority, including denial of citizenship, forced labour and sexual violence, could amount to crimes against humanity, the United Nations warned yesterday.

Myanmar nationals make up eighth-largest refugee group: UN Posted: 20 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Nearly 1 million Myanmar citizens were forced from their homes, or remained displaced, in 2015, according to a UN report released yesterday.

In Mon State, expanding quarries threaten farms Posted: 20 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Rock extraction in Mon State has increased in recent years and local villagers say authorities are failing to regulate the operations' negative environmental impact on villagers.

Ban on Muslim lawyers network sought Posted: 20 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Lawyers from Mandalay have appealed to the Ministry of Home Affairs to abolish a newly formed Muslim lawyers association for fear that it will create problems and divisions.

Wa and Mongla accept invitations to join peace process: govt negotiator Posted: 20 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Two powerful ethnic armed groups based in the Wa and Mongla autonomous zones have reportedly accepted invitations to participate in the government's peace process, according to a member of the government negotiating team.

Calendar printers convicted, imprisoned Posted: 20 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Four men were sentenced last week to one year's imprisonment for publishing a Rohingya calendar that authorities said could be detrimental to the state or public tranquility.

Journalists banned from Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday Posted: 20 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Journalists were not allowed to report on State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday party yesterday, in the latest instance of the new government's restrictions of media access.

Land seized by Health Ministry to be returned Posted: 20 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT Some or even all of the 1300 acres of farmland grabbed in 1978 for the construction of a leprosy hospital in Mandalay Region will be returned to previous owners, local officials said over the weekend.

South Korea donates 40 schoolbuses Posted: 20 Jun 2016 02:30 PM PDT South Korea has donated 40 yellow schoolbuses to the education ministry. The buses will transport 1000 students to school in Zabuthiri township, Nay Pyi Taw, Union Education Minister U Myo Thein Gyi told reporters after the handover ceremony.

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