# burma - Wednesday 26 January, 2022
# Wildlife
# Wildlife
WWF said the newly identified species showed the region is a nature ‘hotspot’ but action is needed to protect wildlife.
# burma - Sunday 2 May, 2021
# Myanmar Coup
# Myanmar Coup
Security forces ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a 1 February coup.
# burma - Monday 29 March, 2021
# Yangon
# Yangon
A UN human rights expert has accused the junta of committing “mass murder”.
# burma - Wednesday 11 December, 2019
# Burma
# Burma
The former pro-democracy figurehead refuted allegations that the army had killed civilians in 2017.
# burma - Tuesday 10 December, 2019
# ROHINGA
# ROHINGA
The court hearings are beginning on Human Rights day.
# burma - Saturday 2 June, 2018
# United Nations
# United Nations
The military and a number of rebel groups have drafted underage soldiers for years.
# burma - Monday 13 November, 2017
# Banana Republic
# Banana Republic
Geldof says he doesn’t want to be associated with “handmaiden to genocide” Aung San Suu Kyi.
# burma - Tuesday 19 September, 2017
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
An estimated 412,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh following violent attacks.
# burma - Monday 18 September, 2017
# Rohingya
# Rohingya
She was awarded the Freedom of Dublin in 2000, but only received it in 2012 as she was under house arrest at the time.
# burma - Monday 11 September, 2017
# Human Rights
# Human Rights
The UN says 294,000 Rohingya refugees have arrived in Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar.
# burma - Saturday 9 September, 2017
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
Councillors across various parties have expressed disappointment in the Myanmar leader’s behaviour.
# burma - Saturday 2 September, 2017
# Rohingya
# Rohingya
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Myanmar of “genocide” against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
# burma - Thursday 6 April, 2017
# Rohingya
# Rohingya
Almost 75,000 Rohingya have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh where they have related grisly accounts of army abuse.
# burma - Saturday 1 April, 2017
# Bayin Oils
# Bayin Oils
And they want the government to encourage others to do the same.
# burma - Monday 27 March, 2017
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
The entire 1,000-person village was bundled over to the nearest hospital, where 367 were admitted for treatment.
# burma - Friday 25 November, 2016
# UNHCR
# UNHCR
The head of the UNHCR says Burmese troops are slaughtering children, raping women and burning houses.
# burma - Wednesday 24 August, 2016
# Padogas
# Padogas
Heavy damage was reported in Bagan, Myanmar’s most famous archaeological site and a major tourist destination some 30km north of the quake’s epicentre.
# burma - Friday 13 November, 2015
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
The landslide win comes five years to the day since Suu Kyi was released from house arrest by the military.
# burma - Friday 29 May, 2015
# Column
# Column
The Rohingya people are languishing at sea because any possibility they had of a meaningful existence in Myanmar has been eradicated.
# burma - Friday 26 December, 2014
# Thailand
# Thailand
The two migrant workers face the death penalty if convicted. Both deny the charges.
# burma - Friday 28 February, 2014
# Burma
# Burma
The government defended its decision, accusing the group of creating tensions and instability.
# burma - Monday 30 December, 2013
# Pardon
# Pardon
Myanmar’s reformist president is trying to fulfil his pledge to free all political prisoners by the end of this year.
# burma - Thursday 5 September, 2013
# Rebels
From The42
# Rebels
This is how to prove you love your county.
# burma - Thursday 27 June, 2013
# Denis O'Brien
# Denis O'Brien
The syndicate involving O’Brien’s Digicel Group has missed out on being awarded one of two nationwide phone licences.
# burma - Saturday 25 May, 2013
# Burma
# Burma
Authorities in Burma ’s western Rakhine state face accusations of ethnic cleansing after applying a two-child limit to Muslim families that does not also apply to Buddhists in the area.
# burma - Thursday 4 April, 2013
# Digicel
# Digicel
O’Brien has joined forces with George Soros and Serge Pun to secure one of two new telecommunications licences for the country formally known as Burma .
# burma - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
Religious tensions are running high in the country, despite police assurances that the blaze was accidental.
# burma - Sunday 31 March, 2013
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
Burmese law will change from tomorrow – ending a regime where only state-run papers were allowed to issue daily editions.
# burma - Friday 28 December, 2012
# Burma
# Burma
It will be the first time since 1964 that non-state media will be allowed to publish news in the country.
# burma - Tuesday 25 December, 2012
# Burma
# Burma
It’s reported that the pilot mistook the road for a runway in bad weather.
# burma - Monday 19 November, 2012
# Need To Know
# Need To Know
Here’s all the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# Burma
# Burma
Barack Obama has become the first sitting US President to visit the country.
# burma - Thursday 15 November, 2012
# Burma
# Burma
Officials said 452 prisoners would walk free, but most or all of them appeared to be ordinary criminals rather than political prisoners.
# burma - Thursday 20 September, 2012
# Burma
# Burma
The latest amnesty comes as the country’s president, Thein Sein, is set to travel to New York to address the United Nations.
# Aung San Suu Kyi
# Aung San Suu Kyi
Burmese democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi has been presented with the US Congress’ highest civilian honour – which she was awarded while under house arrest in 2008.
# burma - Monday 20 August, 2012
# Burma
# Burma
Under the new rules, journalists will no longer have to submit their work to state censors before publication.
# burma - Thursday 21 June, 2012
# Suu Kyi
# Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi has advised the Irish government not to “look the other way” in relation to human rights abuses carried out by trading partners like China.
# burma - Wednesday 20 June, 2012
# Trafficking
# Trafficking
US State Dept’s annual report on human trafficking shows progress being made in Burma , while Syria fell in the rankings.
# burma - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
# Aung San Suu Kyi
# Aung San Suu Kyi
See the video from within Bord Gáis Energy Theatre where she paid tribute to Ireland’s highlighting of her case.
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