ISSUE 127 - JULY 2017
KEY STORY: SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION “WORSENING”
• New accounts of abuse surface in Arakan State, witnesses jailed
• Sectarian violence and insecurity further triggered
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Freedom of expression still threatened
MILITARY
• Tatmadaw plane crashed due to bad weather, say investigators
ETHNIC AFFAIRS AND CONFLICT
• Ethnic groups’ confidence in the peace process undermined
• Fighting between the Tatmadaw and ethnic groups continues
DISPLACEMENT
• Crackdown on Burmese migrant workers in Thailand
HUMANITARIAN
• Flooding across Burma displaces thousands, kills two
• Influenza virus plagues Burma
DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE
• Tatmadaw urges the government to “take necessary actions” against Rangoon Chief
Minister
• Rights groups file case to rewrite the Constitution
PARLIAMENT WATCH
• Upper House approves Myanmar Companies Law
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• US to Burma: Cut military ties with North Korea
REPORTS