The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.
BY Sam Foot
The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.
BY Sam Foot
Seizing Myanmar’s borders with Bangladesh and India has become central to the Arakan Army’s dream of autonomy and has driven its strategy during times of war and peace.
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An increasing number of Myanmar people are selling kidneys as a quick-fix solution to poverty and debt, with many donors going to India for transplants and telling lies to have them approved.
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Singer Khin Maung Htoo is campaigning for the return of valuable properties in Yangon that were taken by the socialist government from his adoptive father – including the United Nations headquarters beside Kandawgyi Lake.
Khin Maung Htoo is campaigning for the return of valuable properties in Yangon taken by the socialist government from his adoptive father – including the UN headquarters beside Kandawgyi Lake.
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A provision in the constitution and a civil service manual are obstacles to transparency in governance because they restrict journalists covering the nation’s hluttaws from accessing information in the public interest.
Pope Francis has a duty to address injustice, but he also has a duty of care to Catholics across Myanmar, and has to consider the effect of his words on the people of his faith.
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