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Myanmar Update April 2021 Report
STATUS OF HUMAN RIGHTS & SANCTIONS IN MYANMAR APRIL 2021 REPORT Summary. This report reviews the April 2021 developments relating to human rights in Myanmar. Relatedly, it addresses the interchange between Myanmar’s reform efforts and the responses of the international community. I. Coup and Crackdown on Protests....................................................................................2 II. Political Developments......................................................................................................3 A. Rohingya Refugee Crisis................................................................................................3 B. Corruption.......................................................................................................................4 C. International Community / Sanctions...........................................................................4 III. Civil and Political Rights...................................................................................................6 A. Freedom of Speech, Assembly and Association............................................................6 B. Freedom of the Press and Censorship...........................................................................6 IV. Economic Development.....................................................................................................7 A. Economic Development—Legal Framework, Foreign Investment............................7 B. Economic Development—Infrastructure, Major Projects..........................................7 -
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation Forest Department
Leaflet No. 24 The Republic of the Union of Myanmar Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation Forest Department Assessing different livelihood of the local people and causes of forest degradation and deforestation in the Kayah State Dr. Chaw Chaw Sein, Staff Officer Dr. Thaung Naing Oo, Director Kyi Phyu Aung, Range Officer Forest Research Institute December, 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS i Abstract ii 1 Introduction 1 2 Objectives 2 3 Literature Review 2 3.1 What do we mean by sustainable livelihoods? 2 3.2 Why are sustainable livelihoods important for conservation? 3 3.3 How do we identify locally appropriate livelihoods strategies? 3 4 Material and Method 5 4.1 Study Area 5 4.2 Data collection and analysis 6 5 Results and Discussion 6 5.1 Livelihood surveys in the Kayah Region 6 5.2 Causes of forest degradation and deforestation in the study area 12 6 Conclusions and Recommendation 15 7 Acknowledgements 17 8 References 18 ၊ ၊ ၊ ၊ ၁.၄% Assessing different livelihood of the local people and causes of forest degradation and deforestation in the Kayah State Dr. Chaw ChawSein, Staff Officer Dr. Thaung Naing Oo, Director Thein Saung, Staff Officer Kyi Phyu Aung , Range Officer Abstract About annual rate of 1.4% of the forest degradation and deforestation was occurred in Myanmar. There are many causes of deforestation and forest degradation. Especially in the hilly region like Kayah state, the main causes of forest degradation and deforestation are due to shifting cultivation. The present study reports different livelihood activities to settle their daily needs in the Kayah areas and the causes of forest degradation and deforestation. -
B U R M a B U L L E T
B U R M A B U L L E T I N ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞A month-in-review of events in Burma∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ A L T E R N A T I V E A S E A N N E T W O R K O N B U R M A campaigns, advocacy & capacity-building for human rights & democracy Issue 20 August 2008 • Fearing a wave of demonstrations commemorating th IN THIS ISSUE the 20 anniversary of the nationwide uprising, the SPDC embarks on a massive crackdown on political KEY STORY activists. The regime arrests 71 activists, including 1 August crackdown eight NLD members, two elected MPs, and three 2 Activists arrested Buddhist monks. 2 Prison sentences • Despite the regime’s crackdown, students, workers, 3 Monks targeted and ordinary citizens across Burma carry out INSIDE BURMA peaceful demonstrations, activities, and acts of 3 8-8-8 Demonstrations defiance against the SPDC to commemorate 8-8-88. 4 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi 4 Cyclone Nargis aid • Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is allowed to meet with her 5 Cyclone camps close lawyer for the first time in five years. She also 5 SPDC aid windfall receives a visit from her doctor. Daw Suu is rumored 5 Floods to have started a hunger strike. 5 More trucks from China • UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma HUMAN RIGHTS 5 Ojea Quintana goes to Burma Tomás Ojea Quintana makes his first visit to the 6 Rape of ethnic women country. The SPDC controls his meeting agenda and restricts his freedom of movement. -
Archaeologicl Evidences from Makkhaya Old City Min Lwin
Yadanabon University Research Journal 2019, Vol-10, No.1 1 Archaeologicl Evidences from Makkhaya Old City Min Lwin Abstract Makkhaya is among the ancient site of Myanmar old cities and various types of evidences related to earliest societies were found. Early people lived in Makkhaya period by period. Their traces were found in this site with many evidences. They are stone and wooden images of the Buddha, city wall, religious monuments, structure remains, stone inscription, wall painting, wood carving, human figure marked brick and animal figure marked brick and pot and potsherd, etc. Recent archaeological investigations on this site reveal its cultural levels associated not only with historical context, but with Prehistoric context of even Neolithic cultural level, passing through Metal Age, followed by Pyu Culture. Keywords: Religious monuments, Neolithic cultural level, passing through Metal Age, Pyu Culture. Introduction In Makkhaya region Pyu, Mon, Shan and Myanmar lived. But culture advanced in this site period by period. It can be found that structure remain, surface finds religious building and other ancient monuments. In this site many sources have been collected mainly on the datas and evidences such as background history, location and its environment, topography, burial remain, stone inscription and Old Mon village. Makkhaya ancient site is situated in Kyaukse plain, known as cultural context to historical character of Bagan and Post Bagan periods. In fact, lying at the junction of Zawgyi and Myit Nge Rivers, this area is provided by variety of environmental features of water supply and other lowland and highland natural resources – which serves as to the favourable condition for the early settlements. -
B COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 194/2008 of 25
2008R0194 — EN — 23.12.2009 — 004.001 — 1 This document is meant purely as a documentation tool and the institutions do not assume any liability for its contents ►B COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 194/2008 of 25 February 2008 renewing and strengthening the restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar and repealing Regulation (EC) No 817/2006 (OJ L 66, 10.3.2008, p. 1) Amended by: Official Journal No page date ►M1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/2008 of 29 April 2008 L 116 5 30.4.2008 ►M2 Commission Regulation (EC) No 353/2009 of 28 April 2009 L 108 20 29.4.2009 ►M3 Commission Regulation (EC) No 747/2009 of 14 August 2009 L 212 10 15.8.2009 ►M4 Commission Regulation (EU) No 1267/2009 of 18 December 2009 L 339 24 22.12.2009 Corrected by: ►C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 198, 26.7.2008, p. 74 (385/2008) 2008R0194 — EN — 23.12.2009 — 004.001 — 2 ▼B COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 194/2008 of 25 February 2008 renewing and strengthening the restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar and repealing Regulation (EC) No 817/2006 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 60 and 301 thereof, Having regard to Common Position 2007/750/CFSP of 19 November 2007 amending Common Position 2006/318/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Burma/Myanmar (1), Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) On 28 October 1996, the Council, concerned at the absence of progress towards democratisation and at the continuing violation of human rights in Burma/Myanmar, imposed certain restrictive measures against Burma/Myanmar by Common Position 1996/635/CFSP (2). -
9 European Countries Include Covishieldin
https://www.facebook.com/centralchronicle CENTRAL CC PAGE 10 PAGE 11 Raipur, Friday, July 02, 2021 I Pages 12 I Price R 3.00 I City Edition I Fastest growing English Daily of Chhattisgarh www. centralchronicle.in BRIEF Akhil Gogoi walks free as court clears PM hails doctors’ contribution 9 European countries include him of all charges in saving lives from Covid Guwahati, Jul 01: New Delhi, Jul 01 (PTI): its people from coron- Covishield in ‘green pass’ Assam legislator avirus. A big credit for it Akhil Gogoi on Prime Minister goes to our hard working New Delhi, Jul 01: states may decide to extend Thursday walked Narendra Modi on doctors, healthcare workers this (the certificate) also to free after more Thursday hailed the contri- and front line workers," he Nine countries - Austria, EU travellers that received than a year-and- bution of doctors in saving said. Noting that the virus Germany, Slovenia, Greece, another vaccine". a-half in captivi- lives from coronavirus and is new and is mutating, the ty as a special Iceland, Ireland, Spain, Under these rules, asserted that his govern- prime minister said India's NIA court Estonia and Switzerland - Indians - vaccinated with ment gave paramount im- doctors, with their knowl- cleared him of all charges have cleared Serum Covishield or Covaxin - may portance to augmenting edge and experience, are under Unlawful Activities Institute of India's be subject to quarantine if healthcare infrastructure fighting the challenges (Prevention) Act for his alleged Covishield, sources said Janssen. Only those who they travel to the EU na- to combat the pandemic. -
20 June 2021 1 20 June 21 Gnlm
TRY TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LIMITED DIGEST FOR FOOD PAGE 8 OPINION NATIONAL NATIONAL MoEE Union Minister inspects Mawlaik Union Minister U Shwe Lay inspects transport, hydropower project, Daungyway main housing development programmes of Mandalay substation Region PAGE 3 PAGE 4 Vol. VIII, No. 62, 11 th Waxing of Nayon 1383 ME www.gnlm.com.mm Sunday, 20 June 2021 Press Statement The acts of interference in the internal aairs which infringe on the State Sovereignty shall not be accepted THE draft resolution entitled “The Situation in Myanmar”, tabled by Liechtenstein was adopted by vote at the Plenary Meeting of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York on 18 June 2021. Myanmar rejects the said resolution as a whole since it is not only based on one-sided sweeping allegations and false assumptions which appears to be repeated and duplicated action on Myanmar but also targetting a country under the country-specific mandate. Accordingly, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the letters of objection to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the General Assembly. The participation and delivering statement as well as voting at the afore-said meeting by the former Permanent Representative of Myanmar U Kyaw Moe Tun, who was dismissed from his assigned duty in the morning of 27 February 2021, and currently under an arrest warrant for committing high treason, under the banner of Myanmar, did not represent the country and was illegal. Accordingly, his statement, participation and action in the meeting are illegitimate and unacceptable and Myanmar strongly rejects his participation and statements. -
'Going Back to the Old Ways'
‘GOING BACK TO THE OLD WAYS’ A NEW GENERATION OF PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE IN MYANMAR On 8 November 2015 Myanmar will hold widely anticipated general elections – the first since President Thein Sein and his quasi-civilian government came to power in 2011 after almost five decades of military rule. The elections take place against a backdrop of Under pressure from the international commu- much-touted political, economic, and social re- nity, in 2012 and 2013 President Thein Sein forms, which the government hopes will signal ordered mass prisoner releases which saw to the international community that progress is hundreds of prisoners of conscience freed after being made. years – and in some cases more than a decade – behind bars. These releases prompted cautious “As the election is getting near, most of the optimism that Myanmar was moving towards people who speak out are getting arrested. greater respect for freedom of expression. In I am very concerned. Many activists… are response, the international community began to facing lots of charges. This is a situation relax the pressure, believing that the authorities the government has created – they can pick could and would finally bring about meaningful up anyone they want, when they want.” and long-lasting human rights reforms. Human rights activist from Mandalay, “They [the authorities] have enough July 2015. laws, they can charge anyone with anything. At the same time, they want Yet for many in Myanmar’s vibrant civil society, to pretend that people have rights. But the picture isn’t as rosy as it is often portrayed. as soon as you make problems for them Since the start of 2014, the authorities have or their business they will arrest you.” increasingly stifled peaceful activism and dis- sent – tactics usually associated with the former Min Ko Naing, former prisoner of conscience and military government. -
CDC) Dataset Codebook
The Categorically Disaggregated Conflict (CDC) Dataset Codebook (Version 1.0, 2015.07) (Presented in Bartusevičius, Henrikas (2015) Introducing the Categorically Disaggregated Conflict (CDC) dataset. Forthcoming in Conflict Management and Peace Science) The Categorically Disaggregated Conflict (CDC) Dataset provides a categorization of 331 intrastate armed conflicts recorded between 1946 and 2010 into four categories: 1. Ethnic governmental; 2. Ethnic territorial; 3. Non-ethnic governmental; 4. Non-ethnic territorial. The dataset uses the UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset v.4-2011, 1946 – 2010 (Themnér & Wallensteen, 2011; also Gleditsch et al., 2002) as a base (and thus is an extension of the UCDP/PRIO dataset). Therefore, the dataset employs the UCDP/PRIO’s operational definition of an aggregate armed conflict: a contested incompatibility that concerns government and/or territory where the use of armed force between two parties, of which at least one is the government of a state, results in at least 25 battle-related deaths (Themnér, 2011: 1). The dataset contains only internal and internationalized internal armed conflicts listed in the UCDP/PRIO dataset. Internal armed conflict ‘occurs between the government of a state and one or more internal opposition group(s) without intervention from other states’ (ibid.: 9). Internationalized internal armed conflict ‘occurs between the government of a state and one or more internal opposition group(s) with intervention from other states (secondary parties) on one or both sides’(ibid.). For full definitions and further details please consult the 1 codebook of the UCDP/PRIO dataset (ibid.) and the website of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University: http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/ucdp/definitions/. -
KAYAH STATE, LOIKAW DISTRICT Loikaw Township Report
THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census KAYAH STATE, LOIKAW DISTRICT Loikaw Township Report Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population October 2017 The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Kayah State, Loikaw District Loikaw Township Report Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population Office No.48 Nay Pyi Taw Tel: +95 67 431062 www.dop.gov.mm October 2017 Figure 1 : Map of Kayah State, showing the townships Loikaw Township Figures at a Glance 1 Total Population 128,401 2 Population males 63,109 (49.1%) Population females 65,292 (50.9%) Percentage of urban population 40.0% Area (Km2) 1,549.0 3 Population density (per Km2) 82.9 persons Median age 24.5 years Number of wards 13 Number of village tracts 12 Number of private households 26,495 Percentage of female headed households 24.1% Mean household size 4.6 persons4 Percentage of population by age group Children (0 – 14 years) 31.6% Economically productive (15 – 64 years) 64.3% Elderly population (65+ years) 4.1% Dependency ratios Total dependency ratio 55.7 Child dependency ratio 49.2 Old dependency ratio 6.5 Ageing index 13.1 Sex ratio (males per 100 females) 97 Literacy rate (persons aged 15 and over) 85.9% Male 90.6% Female 81.8% People with disability Number Per cent Any form of disability 7,707 6.0 Walking 2,941 2.3 Seeing 4,457 3.5 Hearing 2,335 1.8 Remembering 3,029 2.4 Type of Identity Card (persons aged 10 and over) Number Per cent Citizenship Scrutiny 92,337 90.6 Associate -
English 2014
The Border Consortium November 2014 PROTECTION AND SECURITY CONCERNS IN SOUTH EAST BURMA / MYANMAR With Field Assessments by: Committee for Internally Displaced Karen People (CIDKP) Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) Karen Environment and Social Action Network (KESAN) Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) Karen Offi ce of Relief and Development (KORD) Karen Women Organisation (KWO) Karenni Evergreen (KEG) Karenni Social Welfare and Development Centre (KSWDC) Karenni National Women’s Organization (KNWO) Mon Relief and Development Committee (MRDC) Shan State Development Foundation (SSDF) The Border Consortium (TBC) 12/5 Convent Road, Bangrak, Suite 307, 99-B Myay Nu Street, Sanchaung, Bangkok, Thailand. Yangon, Myanmar. E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] www.theborderconsortium.org Front cover photos: Farmers charged with tresspassing on their own lands at court, Hpruso, September 2014, KSWDC Training to survey customary lands, Dawei, July 2013, KESAN Tatmadaw soldier and bulldozer for road construction, Dawei, October 2013, CIDKP Printed by Wanida Press CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................... 1 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Context .................................................................................................................................. 4 1.2 Methodology ........................................................................................................................ -
Political Monitor No.20
Euro-Burma Office 18 to 24 June 2011 Political Monitor POLITICAL MONITOR NO. 20 OFFICIAL MEDIA PRESIDENT THEIN SEIN RECEIVES VISITING INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER President U Thein Sein received a delegation led by Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India S.M. Krishna and party at the hall of the President Office on 22 June 2011. Also present at the meeting were Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin, Minister at the President’s Office U Soe Maung and departmental heads. The visiting Indian delegation was accompanied by Indian Ambassador Dr Villur Sundararajan Seshadri. The visiting Indian delegation also paid courtesy calls on Vice-President U Tin Aung Myint Oo, Speaker of People’s Parliament Thura Shwe Mann and Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint.1 EU DELEGATION MEETS VICE-PRESIDENT AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo received a European Union delegation led by Robert Cooper, Director-General, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, at his office in Nay Pyi Taw on 20 June. Also present were Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin, Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen Kyaw Zan Myint, Deputy Minister for Labour U Myint Thein, Director-General of the Government Office U Tin Myo Kyi. The visiting EU delegation also met Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin and Deputy Minister for Health Dr. Win Myint separately during the visit. The two sides focused on strengthening relations and cooperation between Burma and the EU as well as cooperation on matters relating to the realization of the Millennium Development Goals.2 VICE PRESIDENT AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS RECEIVE RUSSIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo received a Russian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of the Russian Federation Alexey N.