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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Myanmar Activist Gets Yet Another Jail Term in Pursuit of Justice
Myanmar activist Htin Kyaw, who has been sentenced to jail at least six
times under President Thein Sein’s rule, was ordered by a court
Wednesday to serve an additional three months in prison on a charge that
his attempt to meet with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi over a land
rights case constituted an illegal protest.Htin Kyaw, the
director of the political activist...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Delay Sesan dam: villagers
Villagers who will be displaced if the controversial Lower
Sesan II dam is built called on the developers yesterday to postpone
construction for five years, allowing time for a comprehensive
resettlement scheme to be devised.
But a government official dismissed their request as “beyond the
pale”, saying the project had been carefully thought through and would...
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