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NLD to hold first party conference

Chiang Mai ( Mizzima ) – The National League for Democracy (NLD) will hold a national conference during the last week of December of this year. Aung San Suu Kyi holds a press conference at her lakeside home in this file photograph. Photo: Mizzima

Burmese stay in poor conditions, demand refugee status

Around 2,500 Myanmarese refugees have put up camps on a land near Sultan Gauri Ka Mazar in Rangpur near Mahipalpur.  They were camping at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Vasant Vihar from April 9 and were shifted to the Mazar land on May 9.

Rohingya Refugees of hope

FOCUS Why does one flee one's country? How does it feel to be State-less? The Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, now camping in Delhi seeking UNHCR's help, share with SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY the trauma that led to their exit  Voicing protestRohingya refugees at Sultan Garhi dargah; (below) a temporary resident card and family list of a refugeePhotos: Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty