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US Commission Slams Myanmar’s Religious Freedom
02 May 2024 13:53 GMT
… said religious freedom in Myanmar continued to decline significantly … villages has not spared Buddhist monasteries, despite junta boss … regime as representing the Buddhist majority.
Observers said junta … Congress to implement the Burma Act. The legislation was …
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Myanmar military using old tactics to ‘incite conflict’ between Rohingya and Rakhine communities, locals warn
02 May 2024 05:48 GMT
… divide-and-rule between Rakhine Buddhists and the Rohingya Muslims in … reach in the state following Myanmar’s 2021 military coup. At …
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Fresh dialogue needed for Myanmar’s fractured resistance
01 May 2024 12:51 GMT
… identity. Moreover, the Bamar Buddhist heartland in Sagaing, Magway and … Christians. Other parts of Myanmar have seen similar cooperation … are more representative of Myanmar society at large. In … executive director of Mosaic Myanmar, a local civil society …
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In Myanmar, a weakening junta and an uncertain political future
01 May 2024 10:30 GMT
… , both inside and outside Myanmar, have claimed that the … a debilitated force. The Myanmar State Administration Council (SAC) … main border crossings between Myanmar and Thailand.
On February … the Buddhist clergy, who played a prominent role in Burmese …
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A sanctioned strongman and the ‘fall’ of Myanmar’s Myawaddy
01 May 2024 03:39 GMT
… crucial strategic importance on the Myanmar-Thai border.
The KNU … position on the Thai-Myanmar border through which billions … commander of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) Battalion 999, … compounds have turned Myawaddy into Myanmar’s new hotbed for …
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Myanmar junta airstrikes destroy hospital
30 Apr 2024 12:26 GMT
… thousands of people in Myanmar’s conflict-torn western … for security reasons. Free Burma Rangers, a Christian humanitarian … said in a statement. Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government … of Myanmar’s population of 54 million, while Buddhism is …
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Dr. Nalin De Silva passes away
02 May 2024 21:54 GMT
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Former Sri Lankan ambassador to Myanmar, former Kelaniya University Science Faculty … renounced Marxism and embraced Sinhala Buddhist cultural ideals. His writings over …
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Countries repressing religious freedom are reaching beyond their borders, USCIRF report warns
02 May 2024 19:00 GMT
… received the designation in December: Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, … .
The report takes Burma to task for deteriorating … . Rohingya refugees from Burma located in Bangladesh continued … to repatriate Christian, Tibetan Buddhist and Uyghur Muslim refugees …
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India and indigeneity
02 May 2024 13:29 GMT
… track citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian – … to Tibet, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Since May 2023, the … highlands between India and Myanmar, multiple groups identify as … ethnically similar immigrants from Myanmar in their villages, the …
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Decoding the past
02 May 2024 00:32 GMT
… Thai alphabet to reflect the Buddhist influence in the late Ayutthaya … the ancient Khmer empire and Myanmar. In Thailand, the Northeast used …