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BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 130 - OCTOBER 2017

KEY STORY: UN: ATTACKS ON ROHINGYA “WELL-ORGANISED AND COORDINATED”
• 603,000 refugees: deprivation, drownings
• Trapped in Arakan State
• Government takes new steps
• “Textbook example of ethnic cleansing”
• Yes to repatriation, no to return of land
• International actions

HUMAN RIGHTS
• Arakan activist sentenced for documenting military abuses, 2 Kachin priests convicted of ‘supporting rebels’
• Update on the detention of journalists
• Kachin IDP land granted to government, KIA and BGF officials

ETHNIC AFFAIRS AND CONFLICT
• Child killed as fighting continues in northern Shan State
• Second anniversary of the NCA’s signing
• Other NCA updates

HUMANITARIAN
• UN conference raises $360 million in support for Rohingya relief effort
• Severe food shortages in IDP camps on Thai-Burmese border

ECONOMY
• Kyaukhpyu update
• SEZ investors respond to Yanghee Lee’s criticisms

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE
• Report on Burma’s judiciary

PARLIAMENT WATCH
• Anti-Hate Speech Law

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• Israel facing international backlash for weapons sales to Tatmadaw

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