KEY STORY: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION THREATENED IN BURMA: • Telecommunications Law... HUMAN RIGHTS: • Anti-Muslim tensions simmer... WOMEN RIGHTS: • Victims of sexual violence still denied justice... MILITARY: • Tatmadaw aircraft crashes, kills 122 people... ETHNIC AFFAIRS AND CONFLICT: • Fighting increases in Kachin and Shan states; thousands newly displaced; • Situation in Arakan State further deteriorates; • Peace process updates... DISPLACEMENT: • IDPs in Arakan State still facing discrimination... DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE • NLD bars members from public criticism of party, govt. ECONOMY: • China freezes Burmese bank accounts for alleged links to online gambling... NATURAL RESOURCES: • Issues continue to plague the Kyaukphyu SEZ project... INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: • UN denies report of Burma?s resident coordinator leaving her UN position... REPORTS