Tag: Myanmar
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UN experts and rights groups are more critical of government repression, which is marked by arbitrary arrests and killings, torture and military “sweeps” that include air attacks and burning down of entire villages.
August 4, 2022 -
‘Never surrender’: Myanmar’s executed activist’s resonating slogan
Phyo Zeya Thaw burst on to the public stage in the early 2000s as a dragon-tattooed hip-hop pioneer whose subversive rhymes targeted the then-ruling junta.
July 27, 2022 -
ICJ ruling takes Rohingyas one step closer to justice
The ICJ decision really is a huge step towards an overdue reckoning with the Myanmar military's atrocities against the Rohingyas.
July 27, 2022 -
Rohingyas a step closer to justice
The ICJ decision really is a huge step towards an overdue reckoning with the Myanmar military's atrocities against the Rohingyas.
July 27, 2022 -
U.N. rights expert calls for sanctions against Myanmar’s junta after executions
Myanmar's ruling military announced on Monday it had executed four democracy activists accused of aiding "terror acts", sparking widespread condemnation of the country's first executions in decades.
July 26, 2022 -
Post-Coup Myanmar: Junta executes four democracy activists
Myanmar's National Unity Government (NUG), a shadow administration outlawed by the junta, called for international action against the military.
July 26, 2022 -
Rohingya genocide case to proceed: World Court
Myanmar, currently ruled by a military junta that seized power in 2021, had argued that Gambia, which brought the suit, had no standing to do so at the top UN court, formally known as the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
July 23, 2022 -
Myanmar military’s landmine use amounts to war crimes, says Amnesty
Myanmar is not a signatory to the United Nations convention that prohibits the use, stockpiling or development of anti-personnel mines.
July 21, 2022 -
Suzuki Thilawa plant suspends production
Suzuki brand vehicles were produced in Thilawa Industrial Zone in Thanlyin, Yangon Region, after an auto plant has been established.
July 7, 2022 -
‘No divine medicine for crisis in Myanmar’ – Asean envoy
One basic principle that all of the stakeholders could agree on was the urgent need for further assistance to Myanmar to find peace, preferably through a process of inclusive dialogue, he noted.
July 7, 2022 -
China wants instability in Myanmar: Southeast Asia expert Bertil Lintner
India, which shares an approximately 1,700-kilometre-long border with the country, in the past, emphasized the need for Myanmar's return to democracy at the earliest.
July 5, 2022 -
Cambodia condemns Suu Kyi’s solitary confinement
Cambodia has condemned move to restrict Suu Kyi to solitary confinement and has urged the authorities to send her back to house arrest.
June 29, 2022 -
Myanmar to see first executions in decades: Reports
"It's confirmed that Phyo Zayar Thaw and [Ko] Jimmy would be on the execution list," junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun said as quoted by CNN, without giving a date.
June 5, 2022 -
Engaging with Myanmar’s military based on strategic calculations
The history of Myanmar is the history of struggle with coups, military rule, religious persecution, and ethnic conflict. On this course, the intense ongoing violence between the country's military and organised armed civilians is now leading the country to the verge of a full-blown civil war that is unlikely to end anytime soon.
May 22, 2022 -
Myanmar to resume travel, starting from May 15
The Immigration and Population Ministry said on Thursday, "Our online e-visa service will resume with effect from May 15, 2022, for tourist visa applications."
May 12, 2022 -
Suu Kyi sentenced
A court in the military-ruled country has sentenced her to five years in jail after finding the civilian leader guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases instituted against her.
April 29, 2022 -
Myanmar to issue electronic Covid vax certificate for int’l travel
According to the Ministry, the number of Covid-19 infections in the country has increased to 612,132 with 19,434 deaths.
April 8, 2022