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.
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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.
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Young people and their families are seeking any way they can to evade the Myanmar military’s conscription drive – sometimes with the help of sympathetic local administrators.
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The United States claimed it foiled a plot by an alleged Yakuza boss to sell weapons-grade plutonium sourced by an ethnic armed group in Myanmar, but experts say the story doesn’t add up.
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A US travel ban on Myanmar army chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing harms the dignity of the military, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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The United States on Tuesday banned visits by Myanmar's army chief and three other top officers due to their role in the "ethnic cleansing" of the Rohingya minority.
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Livelihoods, border trade and aid for victims of armed conflict have all been hampered by the mobile internet blackout imposed in areas of Rakhine and Chin states.
The Justice for Victoria social media campaign has resonated like few before it.
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The campaign launched in response to the alleged sexual assault of a young girl in the national capital has focused attention on a sharp increase in reported child rape cases.
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