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5 Dec 2014, 11:30 am
"Conflict, Forced Displacement and Health in Sri Lanka: A Review of the Research Landscape," Conflict and Health, 8:22 (Nov. 2014) [open access]Migrant Smuggling in Asia: An Annotated Bibliography, vol. 2 (UNODC, Oct. 2014) [text]One Year after Super-Typhoon Devastates the Philippines, Resettling Displaced People Creates New Opportunities and Risks (RI Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]Repatriation through a Trust-based Lens: Refugee-state Trust Relations on the Thai-Burma Border and Beyond,… [read post]
17 Nov 2014, 7:00 am
(Refugees International, Nov. 2014) [text]Protection and Security Concerns in South East Burma/Myanmar (Border Consortium, Nov. 2014) [text]Seminar: Governing Refugees: Justice, Order and Legal Pluralism on the Thai-Burma Border [Book event], Oxford, 29 Oct. 2014 [info]- Follow link for podcast.Three Approaches to Gender in Humanitarian Aid: Findings from a Study of Humanitarian Aid to Refugees in Thailand and Bangladesh (Umeå University, 2014) [text]A Volcano and… [read post]
15 Nov 2014, 4:52 pm
In Burma yesterday, President Obama held a joint news conference (full text) with opposition politician Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 4:05 am
In advance of President Obama's trip to Burma (Myanmar) later this week, the U.S. [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 11:00 am
"Beyond Resettlement: Long-term Care for People who have had Refugee-like Experiences," Australian Family Physician, vol. 43, no. 1 (Nov. 2014) [full-text]"Comparative Assessment of Medicine Procurement Prices in the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)," Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 7:13 (Oct. 2014) [open access]"Counseling People Displaced by War: Experiences of Refugees from the Former Yugoslavia,"… [read post]
30 Oct 2014, 10:05 am
The Irrawady (Zarni Mann) reports: A powerful group of Buddhist nationalist lobbyists [The Association for the Protection of Race and Religion, locally referred to as Ma Ba Tha] has planned nationwide rallies in support of a controversial bill that some say would effectively outlaw interfaith marriage in Burma…. [read post]
30 Oct 2014, 4:05 am
According to a report yesterday from The Irrawaddy, in Burma the influential Association for the Protection of Race and Religion (known as Ma Ba Tha) is organizing demonstrations calling for passage of the Interfaith Marriage Bill that the Buddhist nationalist organization first proposed last year. [read post]
21 Sep 2014, 7:00 am
(It had no presence in contemporary Burma, Nepal, or Sri Lanka.) [read post]
10 Sep 2014, 10:58 pm
As noted above, given limited navigational and trade utility of the Black Sea, one might argue that even the Ukraine is a relatively landlocked country, at least functionally.Botswana, which was frequently hailed as a developmental paradigm in the early 2000s, has a PAW of -47 (62/109).On the other hand, some seemingly dysfunctional political systems exhibit surprising strong PAW performance, including Libya at +27 (82/55); Zimbabwe at +16 (182/156); and Burma at +11 (161/150). [read post]
9 Sep 2014, 12:57 am
Hugo provided an overview of Myanmar’s historical context (including explaining that, in deference to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the British Government calls Myanmar Burma) and current UK government actions to support its development and reintegration with the international community, in particular giving examples of how the UK is working to improve the business environment as a whole by strengthening the Myanmar government’s capacity for economic governance,… [read post]
4 Sep 2014, 12:58 pm
As ambassadors from NATO member countries gather in Europe to discuss crises in Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere, more details about a possible ceasefire in Eastern Europe are emerging. [read post]
3 Sep 2014, 3:06 pm
As if the West doesn't have enough headaches with ISIS, here comes al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri to announce the formation of a new branch in the Indian subcontinent, including Burma, Kashmir, Gujarat, Bangladesh, Ahmedabad and Assam.... [[ This is a content summary only. [read post]
2 Sep 2014, 8:30 am
"Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, vol. 12, no. 3 (2014) [contents]- Mix of articles, including "Distress, Coping, and Posttraumatic Growth in Refugees from Burma" and "Factors Influencing the Acculturation of Burmese, Bhutanese, and Iraqi Refugees into American Society: Cross-Cultural Comparisons. [read post]
29 Aug 2014, 10:34 am
Said David Kim director of director of media for the Miss Asia Pacific World pageant, after 18-year-old May Myat Noe of Burma, who "was described as a disappointment from the start. [read post]
14 Aug 2014, 11:00 am
Afghanistan Becomes Unlikely Safe Haven for Pakistani Refugees (IRIN, July 2014) [text]"Beaten and Spied on, Asylum Seekers Reveal Oppression of Being Returned," The Guardian, 6 Aug. 2014 [text]Humanitarian Trends and Trajectories to 2030: North and South-East Asia, Briefing prepared for World Humanitarian Summit Regional Consultation for North and South-East Asia, Tokyo, 23-24 July 2014 [text]Improving Nutrition and Health Service Delivery in Refugee Camps along the … [read post]
30 Jul 2014, 9:30 pm
This Article fills in this significant gap in the judicial and academic literature by historically situating Dietrich, elucidating its holding and relationship to the IMT and ad hoc tribunal decisions, explaining its significance for current and future hate speech cases (including those in Kenya, Burma and Sudan) and offering an explanation for why it has lain in obscurity for over six decades. [read post]
29 Jul 2014, 5:44 pm
The countries on the revised list are Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. [read post]
24 Jul 2014, 4:34 am
U.S. restrictions on Burma historically restricted many transactions with Burma by U.S. persons, including investment in Burma and imports of Burmese products to the United States. [read post]
18 Jul 2014, 5:49 am
California involved two defendants, David Riley and Burma Wurie. [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 12:49 pm
In early March, Yangon—the former capital of Myanmar (Burma)—played host to a conference held by the East-West Center, called "Challenges of a Free Press. [read post]
