Security forces are increasingly arresting the family members of activists who are on the run – effectively holding them hostage without charge.
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Security forces are increasingly arresting the family members of activists who are on the run – effectively holding them hostage without charge.
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Pro-military Facebook accounts are seeking to drive a wedge between ethnic armed groups and civilian resistance with disinformation, but are struggling to break the unity of the anti-coup opposition.
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The World Bank has warned in a new report that Myanmar faces severe economic losses and a doubling of poverty as a result of the combined impact of the coup and COVID-19, with the military regime unable to govern effectively.
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The response from the government and military to the Arakan Army’s January 4 attacks is disproportionate and bound to backfire by strengthening support for the AA within Rakhine State.
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An open letter to President U Win Myint has focused attention on discriminatory material in the government’s civics education curriculum for primary schools.
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ရန်ကုန်မြို့၊ လသာမြို့နယ်မှာ တရုတ်နှစ်သစ်ကူးပွဲကို ယနေ့ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ ၅ ရက်နေ့ နံနက်ပိုင်းက စတင်ကျင်းပရာ ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီးဝန်ကြီးချုပ် ဦးဖြိုးမင်းသိန်း တက်ရောက် ဖွင့်လှစ်ပေးခဲ့ပါတယ်။
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Angelina Jolie said that Myanmar must "show genuine commitment" to end violence that has driven hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh.
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After years of waiting, foreign insurers have been given the go-ahead to enter the domestic market, to the chagrin of their Myanmar competitors.
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