Search results for ‘Burma’
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Barack Obama in historic Burma visit
Barack Obama becomes the first US president to visit Burma, in a six-hour trip that acknowledged the country’s steps towards democratic change.
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Ethnic cleansing in Burma's Rakhine State?
There is growing evidence that the recent violence in Burma is turning into a broader religious conflict. John Sparks visits Kyaukpyu in Rankhine State where human rights groups fear episodes of ethnic cleansing are taking place.
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Burma's boat people
Fierce fighting has broken out between ethnic Buddhists and the Muslim Rohingya minority, despite attempts to ease the tension.
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Hague calls for end to ‘terrible violence in Burma’
Foreign Secretary William Hague calls for peace in Burma’s Rakhine state, after the destruction of settlements occupied by Muslim Rohingyas following fierce fighting with Buddhists.
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Satellite images raise concerns for Burma Muslims
A human rights group expresses concern for the safety of thousands of Muslims in Burma after revealing satellite images of a once-thriving coastal community reduced to ashes after a week of violence.
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Burma’s Rohingya face ‘new wave of violence’
John Sparks reports on “disturbing allegations” from Burma suggesting that a major new wave of violence, killings and house burnings in the country’s northwest Rakhine State is taking place.
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Rakhine/Rohingya violence escalates in Burma
Reports come in of an attack on a mosque in Sittwe, Burma, as the conflict between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims escalates.
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Inside Burma’s open prisons
A humanitarian crisis may be unfolding among Burma’s Rohingya Muslim minority, but with reporting restrictions in Rakhine State, little more is known. Asia correspondent John Sparks has been there.
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Burma ends decades of media censorship
Burma’s civilian government, which has been easing restrictions on press freedom since last year, announces it is to abolish censorship of the country’s media.
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Inside Burma’s forbidden camps
Exclusive: As members of Burma’s Muslim Rohingya minority are forced into camps after violent clashes, the government bans international observers – but Channel 4 News gains access.
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Refugees ‘should go back to Burma’
Refugees fleeing for their lives from persecution and violence in Burma will continue to be turned away from Bangladesh to protect diplomatic relations, a Bangladeshi diplomat tells Channel 4 News.
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Dangerous waters for Burma’s Rohingya minority
As Burma’s rulers claim the country is embracing democracy, Asia correspondent John Sparks reports on the perilous attempts of native Rohingya people to seek refuge in Bangladesh.
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Aung San Suu Kyi: help bring reforms to Burma
The Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi asks Britain for help to bring ‘greater opportunities’ to her country as she makes a historic address to the Palace of Westminster.
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Burma parliament boycott over oath
Aung San Suu Kyi and her newly elected colleagues in the National League for Democracy are boycotting the opening of the Burmese parliament in protest at the oath of office.
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Whatever brought it about, change has come to Burma
Years of western pressure did not bring change to Burma. Was it wariness of Chinese which did the trick? Or did the generals understand after the “saffron revolution” in 2007, when monks took to the streets, that they could not keep power forever? Was it Cyclone Nargis? The endless patience of Aung San Suu Kyi? Or was it one man, U Thein Sein, who saw a moment to make history?
