ISSUE 128 - AUGUST 2017
KEY STORY: DEADLY ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE DEVASTATES ARAKAN STATE
• The government response
• The military response
• Humanitarian crisis
• Refugee crisis
• Escalation of violence and instability
• Backdrop of anti-Muslim discrimination
• Maungdaw economic zone
• Advisory Commission on Rakhine State releases final report
• National Commission on violence in Maungdaw denies abuses against Rohingya
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Tatmadaw arrests former child soldier
• Telecommunications Law
• No relocation for dangerous sulfuric factory
ETHNIC AFFAIRS AND CONFLICT
• More clashes and human rights abuses
• Peace talks continue
DISPLACEMENT
• Refugees and IDPs at the Thailand-Burma border endure further distress
• Block of humanitarian aid in Kachin State
• India plans to deport Rohingya
ECONOMY
DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE
• Defense budget
PARLIAMENT WATCH
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• Pope will visit Burma
REPORTS