BURMA BULLETIN Issue 115 - July 2016

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KEY STORY: • Ma Ba Tha disowned by Buddhist group; • Release of census data contradicts Ma Ba Tha claim of ?Islamization”... DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE: • Govt. removes over 600 from blacklist; • NLD releases economic policy; • First 100 days of new govt: ... ETHNIC AFFAIRS & CONFLICT: • Second ?Panglong Conference? prep; • Armed conflict: clashes, civilian abuse. HUMAN RIGHTS: • Protests over land grabs in Bago; • Calls from Amnesty for factory relocation; • BBC reporter is released on appeal; • Human Rights added to curriculum.. WOMEN?S RIGHTS: • Rights groups call for improvements... DISPLACEMENT: • Over 20,000 displaced by flooding; • Trafficked migrants rescued in Thailand; • Migrants to return home from Malaysia... MILITARY: • Tatmadaw admits to killing 5 villagers... ECONOMY: • U.S. reporting threshold lowered... OTHER BURMA NEWS... REPORTS.

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ALTSEAN-Burma

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2016-07-00

Date of entry: 

2016-08-06

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English

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