Rohingya refugees who fled oppression in their native Myanmar are facing similar abuse at the hands of Bangladeshi authorities, who rights groups say are trying to drive them out of the country. (more…)

Jorge A. Bustamante, a UN expert on the human rights of migrants has expressed concern about the millions of migrants in Thailand who face deportation if they have not registered biographical data by the end of the month to governments in their nations of origin. (more…)

For the third time in two months, Bao Youxiang, leader of the United Wa State  Army, has rejected the invitation by junta chief negotiator Lt-Gen Ye Myint for a meeting in the Shan State North capital Lashio, according to sources from the Sino-Burma border. (more…)

Bangkok—A flurry of privatizations of key state enterprises in Myanmar is raising speculation about whether the country’s military regime is planning more market reform or simply trying to cash out before an election expected later this year. (more…)

Dhaka – Bangladesh’s dream of a road connection with Burma has remained unrealized for nearly a decade due primarily to problems finding funding for construction. The current Bangladesh government, however, is keen to build the road to Burma to further strengthen regional cooperation among the South Asian nations, report official sources. (more…)

Cases of A/H1N1 swine flu have been reported in Naypyidaw, the Burmese capital, following a similar outbreak in Rangoon earlier this month, according to sources in the former capital. (more…)

The junta will delay and rig its proposed election once international observers are out of the way
No country in the world today spends more time hatching new political ploys, on a day to day basis, to fool the world, as much as the current military regime in Burma. The recent release of senior leader U Tin Oo, of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), was good news amid a more opaque political situation. The opposition senior has spent too long since 2003 under house arrest, along with the NLD’s figurehead and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. It is strange that, every time the junta releases a prisoner, it becomes headline news around the world. In the case of Tin Oo, he should not have been under house arrest in the first place. (more…)

The release from house arrest of the 83-year-old co-founder and Deputy Chairman of Burma’s National League for Democracy (NLD), Tin Oo, has failed to impress the international community or the Burmese opposition, who view it as a calculated act of regime “magnanimity.” (more…)

Yangon — The freed deputy of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party met a UN rights envoy in military-ruled Myanmar Thursday and said the release of the Nobel Peace laureate was vital before elections, the opposition said. (more…)

In a letter leaked ahead of a visit by the UN human rights envoy to Burma on Thursday, political prisoners at Rangoon’s notorious Insein Prison demanded improved conditions, including access to reading materials and better food and health care. (more…)

In a letter leaked ahead of a visit by the UN human rights envoy to Burma on Thursday, political prisoners at Rangoon’s notorious Insein Prison demanded improved conditions, including access to reading materials and better food and health care. (more…)

Authorities in Mandalay have auctioned out a shop space owned by a National League for Democracy member currently in prison in connection with 2007 monk-led protests. (more…)

Bangkok — Stateless refugees from Myanmar are suffering beatings and deportation in Bangladesh, according to aid workers and rights groups who say thousands are crowding into a squalid camp where they face a “humanitarian crisis” of starvation and disease. (more…)

BANGKOK, 18 February 2010 (IRIN) – A restive political situation in Myanmar has prompted thousands of Burmese refugees to flee to neighbouring countries, and the numbers are expected to grow as uncertainty continues, analysts and aid workers warn. (more…)

New Delhi — India Thursday approved investments by an Oil & Natural Gas Corp. unit and GAIL India Ltd. in gas field development projects in Myanmar. (more…)

New Delhi – Businesses in Rangoon reliant upon the Internet in the conduct of their daily activity are facing increased hardship with the slowing down of connection speeds since late last month. (more…)

Burma’s junta sentenced four women activists to two years imprisonment with hard labor on the same day U.N. special envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana arrived for a five-day visit to evaluate progress on human rights in the country. (more…)

MSF report calls for an immediate end to the violence and increased protection for these highly vulnerable people. (more…)

A new report released today by The Arakan Project states that an unprecedented crackdown by the Bangladesh government on Rohingyas from Burma is creating a grave humanitarian crisis for tens of thousands of refugees.  The report “Unregistered Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: Crackdown, forced displacement and hunger” calls on the Bangladesh authorities to immediately cease mass arrests and forced displacement of unregistered Rohingya asylum seekers and ensure that they are adequately protected and provided with access to food. (more…)

Burma Partnership launched a new website today, designed to be a useful tool for governments, journalists, researchers, and especially activists from Burma and all over the world. The site is available at www.burmapartnership.org. (more…)