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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

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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...