Thompson Chau 15 Feb 2018 The Committee for Implementation of the Recommendations on Rakhine State (Rakhine committee) issues a report on the progress. Photo: EPA A Strategic Environmental Assessment prior to ESIA is “a tangible step the NLD can take to avoid another Myitsone scenario”, the ICJ said. THE committee charged with implementing the recommendations
READ MOREMyanmar Times 05 Feb 2018 This combination of May 26, 2017, left, and December 20, 2017, satellite images provided by DigitalGlobe show the village of Gu Dar Pyin. Photo – AP The Myanmar government informed the UN Security Council that February is “not the right time” for a leading UN body to visit conflict-torn Rakhine State,
READ MOREThompson Chau 15 Dec 2017 Photo: EPA FORTIFY Rights, a Thai-based non-governmental organisation, has issued a press statement criticising the Myanmar government’s arrest of two Reuters journalists in “mounting crackdown on media”. This is the latest criticism from media organisations, human rights groups and the international community against the government’s detention of the two reporters
READ MOREChan Mya Htwe 29 Sep 2017 Rohingya refugees queue to receive relief in front of makeshift tents in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, 20 September 2017. Photo: EPA Rohingyas, Belt and Road, Kaladan – the future of Rakhine’s economy THE economy in the resource-rich Rakhine State is throttled by the crisis as well as the accompanying international backlash,
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