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Front Page > Asia/Pacific > Burma (Myanmar) > Archive BosNewsLife
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reports from the region
RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- Burma's military on Tuesday, September 23, released the country's longest-serving political prisoner, journalist Win Tin, after he spent 19 years in prison.
RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- United Nations Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari prepared to visit Burma Saturday, August 16, amid reports that a 15 year-old school girl in the country's Kachin State, was gang-raped, severely mutilated and murdered by Burmese troops as part of an alleged government backed crackdown on ethnic minorities, with a significant number of Christians.
RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- A leading religious rights group and dissidents of Burma's democracy movement urged the United Nations Tuesday, July 22, to pressure the military government to improve the rights of minorities, including Christians, at a time of mounting concern about this nation's future.
RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- Burma's military government has allowed a Christian aid group to establish a dozen water purification systems to provide access to safe water for thousands of cyclone survivors, BosNewsLife learned Saturday, July 21.
Dr. John M. Lindner, BosNewsLife Senior Mission Correspondent
RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- The United States on Tuesday, May 27, condemned a decision by the military government of Burma to extend the detention of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, but said it remains committed to over $20 million to Burmese cyclone relief amid reports that Christians are among those who have been denied aid.
BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
YANGON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- The leader of a rebel group fighting for autonomy and more religious rights of Burma's predominantly Christian Karen community has died, a Christian humanitarian group confirmed Friday May 23.
