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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Amendments to the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law appear to be a knee-jerk response to recent protests in Rakhine and Kayah states and on university campuses, and threaten to further undermine the NLD’s democratic credentials.
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The government’s response to an Associated Press report about civilians buried in a mass grave at a northern Rakhine village has again focused attention on a counterproductive media access ban to the area imposed nearly five months ago.
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Digital payment solutions are an ideal, cost-effective way to enable rural households to access reliable solar power.
အိမ်ရှင်အိမ်ငှားများထံမှ စည်ပင်သာယာက ကောက်ခံသော အခွန်များမှာ စည်းကြပ်ပုံစနစ်ပိုင်း ခိုင်မာပြီး ဖြောင့်မတ်စွာ စီမံခန့်ခွဲမှုရှိသော်လည်း မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ယင်းတို့၏ အခန်းကဏ္ဍမှာ မြင့်မားသင့်သလောက် မြင့်မားမှု မရှိသည်ကိုတွေ့ရသည်။
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