2014 in Myanmar

The following lists events that happened in 2014 in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

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Events

January
  • January 14- Myanmar host the 2014 ASEAN Para Games for first time.
  • January 14 - A Thailand-based women's rights group accuses Myanmar of using rape as a weapon of war.[1]

March
  • March 28 - Buddhist mobs in western Myanmar reportedly target foreign aid groups and workers in reaction to supposedly disrespectful treatment of a Buddhist flag.[2]

September
  • September 28 - A Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against Muslims in Burma says he is joining forces with the Bodu Bala Sena group in Sri Lanka in order to combat a "serious threat from jihadist groups".[3]
gollark: Aren't they in Australia?
gollark: (But it would be totally possible to ban E2EE chat apps from stores)
gollark: (Obviously they can't entirely ban it)
gollark: It also seems to function as a plausibly deniable way to ban end to end encryption (it never mentions it explicitly but does have a mechanism to force technology companies to make their service amenable to centralised monitoring).
gollark: The UK government is also working on the incredibly ææææ "online safety bill", which obliges online things to ban "harmful content" (not illegal, "harmful").

References
  1. "Myanmar still using rape as weapon of war - women's group". 14 January 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. "Concern as Buddhist mobs target foreign aid groups in Myanmar". 28 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. "Buddhist monk to fight 'jihad threat'". 28 September 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
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