World’s Longest Internet Shutdown in Myanmar enters 2nd year

On 21st June 2019, the mobile internet services were shut down by the Myanmar Government in eight townships of the conflict-hit Rakhine State and in one township in Chin State. Between September 2019 to February 2020 the restrictions were lifted in 5 states but were again reinstated. In Maungdaw township of Rakhine State, the restrictions ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: Arakan Army • Human rights • Myanmar • Rakhine • Rakhine State

Myanmar President Visits India: India-Myanmar sign 10 MoUs

On February 27, 2020, the Myanmar President U Win Myint visited India. During his visit, India and Myanmar signed 10 MoUs in different sectors. Highlights The leaders signed agreements on Repatriation and Re-integration of Victims of trafficking, Quick Impact Projects, Development of Rakhine State, etc. They also signed Memorandum of Understandings on construction of schools, ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: drug trafficking • India-Myanmar • Kaladan Multi Model Transit Transport Project • Rakhine • Rohingya • Rohingya Muslim • World War II

World Press Freedom Prize 2019 awarded to Myanmar Journalists

The World Press Freedom Prize also known as UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize is formally conferred every year by Director-General of UNESCO, on occasion of World Press Freedom Day observed on 3 May. Recipients of World Press Freedom Prize 2019 In 2019 award would be shared by two jailed Myanmar journalists ‘Wa Lone’ and ..

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: Columbia • Freedom • Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize • Human rights • Kyaw Soe Oo • Myanmar • Press • Rakhine • Rohingya Muslim • UNESCO • Wa Lone • World Press Freedom Prize 2019

UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize 2019

The 2019 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize has been awarded to Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. The jury has recognised their exceptional courage in reporting on alleged human rights violations in the Myanmar’s state of Rakhine. Both Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had worked hard to pursue a career in journalism that ..

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: Colombia • Finland • Guillermo Cano Isaza • Guillermo Cano Isaza Foundation • Helsingin Sanomat Foundation • Journalism • junta era • Kyaw Soe Oo • Myanmar • Namibia Media Trust • Rakhine • UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize • UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize 2019 • Wa Lone

India refuses to sign Bali Declaration over Rohingya issue

India has refused to be a part of Bali Declaration adopted at conclusion of World Parliamentary Forum on Sustainable Development held in Bali, Indonesia to show of solidarity with Myanmar. It was not adopted because it carried “inappropriate” reference to violence in Rakhine State from where 1,25,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh and was not ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2017

Topics: Bali Declaration • Indonesia • Rakhine • Rohingya Issue • World Parliamentary Forum on Sustainable Developmen