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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Too often, the government is unwilling to engage with those who hold different views and are not afraid to express them.
The military's admission of involvement in the Inn Din massacre was made to pre-empt the release of the Reuters report, and after its own investigation had claimed that no such killings took place.
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Machine-made jewellery is threatening the work of goldsmithing, one of the traditional arts and crafts known as the ‘10 flowers’.
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နေပြည်တော်မှာ ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့တဲ့ NCA လက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးပွဲ အခမ်းအနားဟာ NCA အတွက် အပေါင်း ၂ ဖြစ်ပေမယ့် မူလထိုးပြီးသားရှစ်ဖွဲ့နဲ့ အနုတ်လက္ခဏာ ဆောင်မသွားဖို့ သတိပေးခေါင်းလောင်းသံလည်း ဖြစ်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။
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Amid fresh calls for a boycott of Myanmar’s gems industry, a jewellery store offering Mogok rubies sourced from independent mines is luring conscientious buyers.
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