BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 122 - FEBRUARY 2017

KEY STORY: “UNPRECEDENTED” VIOLENCE AGAINST ROHINGYA MUSLIMS
• International concerns on the Rohingya issue
• Burma’s government responds
• National commission discredited
• Clearance operations in Arakan State
HUMANITARIAN
• Aid flotilla arrives in Burma and Bangladesh
DISPLACEMENT
• Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
WOMEN'S RIGHTS
• Traffickers sell Rohingya girls as child brides
ETHNIC AFFAIRS AND CONFLICT
• Aung San Suu Kyi urges compromise
• Militias declare they won’t sign the NCA
• Ethnic clashes and tensions
MILITARY
• Army wants more money, weapons
DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE
• DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE
PARLIAMENT WATCH
ECONOMY
• Thilawa SEZ and Dawei SEZ updates
NATURAL RESOURCES
• World Bank’s hydropower assessment workshops face protests
• Letpadaung copper mine receives criticisms
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• Tatmadaw fires on Bangladeshi fishermen
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS