BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 123 - MARCH 2017

KEY STORY: UN TO INVESTIGATE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BURMA
• Burma’s denial and discrimination
• Advisory Commission on Rakhine - report HUMAN RIGHTS
• People’s Tribunal on atrocity crimes against Kachin and Rohingya minorities
• Hate speech and propaganda
• Letpadaung protest
WOMEN'S RIGHTS
• Women’s Week celebration and talks
ETHNIC AFFAIRS AND CONFLICT
• NCA updates: UNFC
• Clashes between Tatmadaw and MNDAA
DISPLACMENT
• Kokang conflict displaces 20,000 people
DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE
• New privacy law
• Judiciary performance reports
PARLIAMENT WATCH
• Budget approved for 2017-2018
ECONOMY
• Violence in H&M labor dispute
NATURAL RESOURCES
• Denmark blocks sale of Burma’s teak
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• Burma’s new human development status
• Israeli rejects petition to ban weapons export to Burma
• Philippine President visits Burma
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS