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‘Skeletons covered in skin’: inside Myanmar’s labour camps

Ex-guards describe convicts perishing en masse from exhaustion, vicious beatings, and starvation at remote camps with no access to medical care.

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Affairs, Features, Culture

As online defamation cases grow, cartoonists face self-censorship and rejection

Cartoonists, who have long played an important role in Myanmar’s society, say that an infamous defamation law is curbing their ability to do their job.

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အိမ်များအားလုံးကို ဖျက်သိမ်းမှု ပြီးစီးရန် ၁၀ ရက်ခန့် အချိန်ယူရနိုင်ကြောင်း သိရသည်

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Displaced by violence, Kaman yearn for home as hopes dim

Five years after being displaced in Rakhine violence, Kaman Muslim IDPs air concerns over rights and resettlement.

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Volume 6, Issue 9

September 8, 2020

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Who gets to vote?

For Muslim communities in rural Mandalay Region, the right to vote is at the mercy of exclusionary laws and a bureaucracy steeped in discrimination.

Editorial, Opinion

Defaming democracy

If the government really wants to introduce a fair framework for defamation, it needs to overhaul or replace all six related laws.

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Articles by By Myanmar Now (29 posts)

‘Skeletons covered in skin’: inside Myanmar’s labour camps

As online defamation cases grow, cartoonists face self-censorship and rejection

လှည်းကူးရှိ ကျူးကျော်အိမ်များ ဖျက်သိမ်းမှုကို ဆက်လက်ဆောင်ရွက်နေ

Displaced by violence, Kaman yearn for home as hopes dim

Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 9

Who gets to vote?

Defaming democracy

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