BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 110 - MARCH 2016

KEY STORY: TRANSFER OF POWER
• New NLD govt, Tatmadaw stays put
• New president elected
• Suu Kyi takes four ministries, new possible role
• Cabinet ministers appointed
DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE
• Regional chief ministers controversy
• New EC appointed
ETHNIC AFFAIRS & CONFLICT
• Arakan/Rakhine state of emergency lifted
• Myanmar Peace Center dissolved
• Citizenship granted in Shan State
• Armed conflict: clashes and abuse
HUMAN RIGHTS
• UN Special Rapporteur’s latest report
• Weak UNHRC resolution on Burma
• UPR report adopted
• Persecution of Rohingya ‘not genocide’
• End political imprisonments: AI report
• Letpadan crackdown anniversary
NATURAL RESOURCES
• Jade investigation finds illegal activity
• Myitsone dam project may restart
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS