Conditions in Myanmar’s jails are dire for all inmates, but human rights organisations say political prisoners suffer more abuses – including medical neglect that often has deadly consequences.
BY Frontier
Friends of the taxi driver shot dead while chasing the gunman who killed U Ko Ni have paid tribute to a man of courage known for his sense of justice.
A sharp tongue has made NLD spokesperson U Win Htein one of the most controversial members of the ruling party but criticism of the former military officer is like water off a duck’s back.
The realm of the king of the Konyak Naga covers 40 villages in Myanmar and India and the border runs through the middle of the home, where he grants interviews beside a traditional hearth.
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