Description:
KEY STORY:
Daw Suu?s travels;
Thailand;
Switzerland;
Norway;
UK...
INSIDE BURMA:
Unrest in Arakan State;
Up to 90,000 displaced;
Aid effort hampered;
Daw Suu on unrest;
Kachin State conflict;
Fighting in Shan State;
KNPP-regime agreement;
Drug production increases...
HUMAN RIGHTS:
Restrictions on media;
Child soldiers recruited...
DISPLACEMENT:
Migrant workers in Thailand;
Significant trafficking problem;
UNHCR annual report...
INTERNATIONAL:
Int?l reaction to unrest in Burma;
Australian FM visits Burma;
ILO lifts restrictions on Burma;
US lawmakers and sanctions...
ECONOMY:
Foreign investment & cronies;
Investment in oil & gas sector...
OTHER BURMA NEWS...
REPORTS
.....• After a trip to Thailand in late May, Daw Aung San
Suu Kyi continues her overseas tour with visits to
Switzerland, Norway, Ireland, the UK, and France.
• Daw Aung San Suu Kyi calls for ?healthy
skepticism? over Burma?s reform process and
proposes guidelines for foreign investment in the
country in several speeches.
• Deadly sectarian clashes erupt between Buddhists
and Muslims in Arakan State. Despite declaring a
state of emergency in Arakan State, the regime fails
to stop the violence.
• Unconfirmed reports surface of regime security
forces committing serious human rights abuses
against Rohingya (Arakan State?s Muslim minority).
• The unrest displaces up to 90,000 people. The
regime hampers aid efforts and Bangladesh pushes
back more than 2,000 Rohingya refugees.
• Restrictions increase on independent media but hate
speech and incitement to violence targeting Muslims
and Rohingya spread unchecked on the internet.
• Conflict in Kachin State enters its second year as
more rounds of informal talks produce no results.
• Renewed fighting in Shan State threatens to
undermine the peace agreements signed by the
regime with both the SSA-S and the SSA-N.
• The UN documents the Tatmadaw?s ongoing
recruitment and use of child soldiers. The US says
that Burma?s trafficking problem remains significant.
• The oil and gas industry continues to attract foreign
investors. New investment in Burma is also linked to
regime cronies.
Source/publisher:
ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of Publication:
2012-06-00
Date of entry:
2012-07-02
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Language:
English