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.
BY Frontier
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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Five years after the government announced plans to liberalise the insurance market, domestic and foreign insurers are becoming frustrated at the slow pace of reform.
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
The Tatmadaw has said it will conduct an investigation into allegations of abuses by security personnel in northern Rakhine.
BY Frontier
Myanmar's judicial system faces monumental problems, ranging from poorly qualified judges and lawyers to corruption and interference by the executive.
BY Frontier
There are many reasons why more than 500,000 people have fled to Bangladesh in the aftermath of the August 25 attacks.
Myanmar's legal system faces monumental problems, ranging from poorly qualified judges and lawyers to corruption and interference by the executive.
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