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BURMA BULLETIN
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

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