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BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 116 - AUGUST 2016

KEY STORY:
• Second ‘Panglong’ Peace Conference
• Kofi Annan to lead Rakhine commission
DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE
• USDP re-organizes, Thein Sein replaced
• Ministries achievements after 100 days
• Emergency Provisions Act
• Refusals to relax 1982 Citizenship Law
• MNHRC heavily criticized
WOMEN’S RIGHTS
• KHRG report: “Hidden Strengths, Hidden Struggles”
ETHNIC AFFAIRS & CONFLICT
• Armed Conflict: clashes, civilian abuse
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Agricultural workers protest sackings
HUMANITARIAN
• Naga measles outbreak kills 82
• 6.8-magnitude earthquake hits Bagan
• UK promises help to tackle malaria
NATURAL RESOURCES
• Salween River dam review promised
DISPLACEMENT
• Over 100,000 displaced by floods
• Repatriation of 2,000+ migrants begins
ECONOMY
• US$100 million loan from World Bank
• Bill amending 2016 budget passed
• Govt. rejects challenge to sanctions
• Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy approved by National Parliament

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