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3 Years On From Coup, Democracy Still Not In Sight For Myanmar

When Myanmar’s military seized back control of the country in February 2021 after a decade-long democratic interlude, the international community reached for…

3 months ago
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Will The World See More Wars Or Unrest In ’24?

Sadly, 2023 has been a violent one on the global stage. War broke out between Israel and Hamas in Gaza,…

4 months ago
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Suu Kyi’s Reduced Sentence Is A Hollow Move By A Failing State

In a general amnesty announced on military television last week, Myanmar’s military junta removed six years from the jail term…

9 months ago
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Myanmar’s Young Pro-Democracy Activists Fill Up Prisons

Police in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, came for Min Thwe Thit before dawn on February 1, 2021. He didn't know…

11 months ago
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Myanmar: 100 Killed In Airstrikes By Military

Source: AP Airstrikes by Myanmar's military on Tuesday killed as many as 100 people, including many children, who were attending…

1 year ago
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Why Has West Given Billions In Aid To Ukraine But Ignored Myanmar?

Two years after Myanmar’s coup on February 1, 2021, the country’s large and growing resistance forces receive almost no attention…

1 year ago
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Death Toll In Myanmar Air Attack Rises To 80

(Source: PTI) Air strikes by Myanmar's military killed as many as 80 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary…

2 years ago
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Suu Kyi’s Last Corruption Trial To Go On: Court

A court in military-ruled Myanmar ruled Tuesday that the last trial for corruption of the country's ousted leader Aung San…

2 years ago
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Rohingya Desperate To Leave B’desh Camps & Go Home

Myanmar Rohingya Muslims protested across refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh on Thursday, the fifth anniversary of clashes between Rohingya insurgents…

2 years ago
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Myanmar Junta Executes 4 Democracy Activists

Myanmar's military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out "terror acts", state media said on Monday,…

2 years ago
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Climate Change: How Myanmar’s Military Rule Makes It More Vulnerable

Myanmar is one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries. It is highly exposed to extreme weather such as cyclones, flooding…

2 years ago
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Nearly 40K People From Myanmar Displaced In India, Thailand: UN

Nearly 40,000 people from Myanmar are currently displaced in neighbouring India and Thailand since the military coup in the southeast…

2 years ago
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Suu Kyi Handed 5 Years In Jail For Corruption

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five…

2 years ago
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US To Term Rohingya Repression In Myanmar A ‘Genocide’

"The Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar's years-long repression  of the Rohingya Muslim population is a genocide," US officials…

2 years ago
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Death And Danger: A Year In Myanmar Under Military Rule

An elderly woman forced to flee bombings. A former peace negotiator leaving his job to fight Myanmar security forces. A…

2 years ago
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Myanmar Coup: A Year On, Detainees’ Families Seek Answers

Nearly a year after his son was last seen being hauled away by Myanmar junta troops, 66-year-old Win Hlaing says…

2 years ago
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Suu Kyi Given Four More Years In Prison

A court in Myanmar sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison on Monday after…

2 years ago
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Myanmar: UN Official Seeks Probe Into Killing Of 35 Civilians

A senior UN official called on Myanmar authorities to investigate the reported killing of at least 35 civilians that opposition…

2 years ago
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Myanmar Activists Protest Against Junta With ‘Silent Strike’

Protesters in Myanmar closed businesses and stayed off the streets on Friday in a "silent strike" against rule by the…

2 years ago
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Rohingya Refugees Sue Facebook For $150 Bn

Rohingya refugees sued Facebook parent Meta Platforms for more than $150 billion over what they say was the company's failure…

2 years ago
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Myanmar Court Sentences Suu Kyi To 4 Years

A special court in Myanmar's capital sentenced the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison…

2 years ago
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‘Information Combat’: Inside The Fight For The Soul Of Myanmar

As Myanmar's military seeks to put down protest on the streets, a parallel battle is playing out on social media,…

3 years ago
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Myanmar Security Forces Fire On Medical Workers, Some Hurt

Myanmar security forces opened fire on Thursday on a pro-democracy protest by medical workers in the city of Mandalay, causing…

3 years ago
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Myanmar Activists Vow Week Of Protests During NY Holidays

Myanmar pro-democracy activists pledged on Tuesday to hold a series of protests this week to maintain pressure on military rulers…

3 years ago
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Myanmar Activists Hold Shoe Protests, Another Celebrity Held

Myanmar security forces on Thursday arrested Paing Takhon, a model and actor who had spoken out against the coup, his…

3 years ago

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