BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 115 - JULY 2016

KEY STORY:
• Ma Ba Tha disowned by Buddhist group
• Release of census data contradicts Ma Ba Tha claim of “Islamization”
DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE
• Govt. removes over 600 from blacklist
• NLD releases economic policy
• First 100 days of new govt: analysis
ETHNIC AFFAIRS & CONFLICT
• Second ‘Panglong Conference’ prep
• Armed conflict: clashes, civilian abuse
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Protests over land grabs in Bago
• Calls from Amnesty for factory relocation
• BBC reporter is released on appeal
• Human Rights added to curriculum
WOMEN’S RIGHTS
• Rights groups call for improvements
DISPLACEMENT
• Over 20,000 displaced by flooding
• Trafficked migrants rescued in Thailand
• Migrants to return home from Malaysia
MILITARY
• Tatmadaw admits to killing 5 villagers
ECONOMY
• U.S. reporting threshold lowered
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS