ISSUE 129 - SEPTEMBER 2017
KEY STORY: THE ROHINGYA EXODUS
• Women and children form majority of refugees
• Humanitarian crisis
• Thousands still trapped amid violence
• “Textbook example of ethnic cleansing”
• Government's "terrorist" narrative
• Social media disinformation propaganda
• Aung San Suu Kyi’s national address
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Permanent People’s Tribunal : Genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity
• Tatmadaw drops charges against journalists
• Burmese journalists arrested in Bangladesh
MILITARY
• International engagement with the Tatmadaw
ETHNIC AFFAIRS AND CONFLICT
• The armed conflict continues in Shan State
• Soldiers confess to killing Kachin IDPs
DISPLACEMENT
• India defends deportation plan
HUMANITARIAN
• Shan and Kachin IDPs call for continued aid
ECONOMY
• Economic zone in Arakan State
• Land conflict epidemic
NATURAL RESOURCES
• Thai Human Rights Commission hears complaint against coal mine in Southern
Burma
PARLIAMENT WATCH
• Anti-Hate Speech Law
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• .International condemnation of the violence
REPORTS