"The Mon Forum" No. 2/2008 (February 2008)

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News: (1) Cholera Outbreak in Mon State... (2) SPDC tightens security in response to anti-referendum activism... (3) Burmese Army troops kill woman in Southern Ye Township... (4) Burmese people fearful of banks, invest in land instead... (5) Computer shops investigated for copies of banned film... (6) IDPs on Thai-Burma border tricked into signing up for referendum IDs.. (7) Three Pagoda border crossing open, for the right price... (8) New Thai Governor targeting Mon workers.....Commentary: There will be no free and fair People Referendum.....Report: Another Cut: the SPDC Campaign to Erase Mon Culture: - I. Introduction... II Background...III. Attacks on Mon culture: A. Rewriting history...B. Erasing a language...C. Hijacking museums and cultural artifacts...D. Targeting important cultural symbols.

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Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)

Date of Publication: 

2008-02-29

Date of entry: 

2008-03-26

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  • Individual Documents

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English

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