BURMA BULLETIN Issue 125 - May 2017

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KEY STORY: SECOND 21st CENTURY PANGLONG CONFERENCE • The government attempts to include NCA non-signatory EAOs in the peace conference • Outside the conference, fighting and human rights abuse continue HUMAN RIGHTS • Tatmadaw rejects UN allegations; UN prepares for fact-finding mission • Aung San Suu Kyi visits Europe and faces critics • Hate speech and violence still on the rise • Burma?s notorious Telecommunications Law: more developments HUMANITARIAN • Cyclone Mora destroys thousands of structures DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE • Rumors spread about President Htin Kyaw?s resignation • Parties file an election complaint case against NLD; UEC rules in favor of NLD PARLIAMENT WATCH • Amendments to the Telecommunications Law likely to be discussed as parliamentary session resumes ECONOMY • Burma?s role in China?s ?One Belt, One Road” project progresses NATURAL RESOURCES • Global Witness? screening of film showing Tatmadaw?s role in jade trade cancelled... REPORTS

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ALTSEAN-Burma

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2017-05-00

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2017-06-11

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English

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