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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နိုင်ငံရေးကဏ္ဍမှာ အထက်ပါ ရှစ်ချက်ကို သဘောမတူနိုင်ခဲ့တာဟာ နိုင်ငံတော်၏ နယ်မြေအပိုင်းအခြားဟူသမျှသည် နိုင်ငံတော်မှ မည်သည့်အခါမှ ခွဲမထွက်ရဆိုတဲ့ အခြေခံမူဝါဒကို ညှိနှိုင်းမရတာကြောင့် ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။
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Constitutional reform was once the overriding priority of the National League for Democracy but the party has put the issue on the back burner since it formed government.
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Five years after being displaced in Rakhine violence, Kaman Muslim IDPs air concerns over rights and resettlement.
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အမျိုးဘာသာ၊ သာသနာစောင့်ရှောက်ရေးအဖွဲ့ (မဘသ) ကို ဖျက်သိမ်းရမည့် ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက် အပါအဝင် နိုင်ငံတော်သံဃမဟာနာယက (မဟန) ၏ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်များကို မဘသအဖွဲ့က ၎င်းတို့၏ လေးနှစ်မြောက်တွေ့ဆုံပွဲတွင် ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန် တုံ့ပြန်ရှုံ့ချလိုက်သည်။
The International Committee of the Red Cross works to provide relief to people within conflict zones. During a recent visit to tour ICRC projects and meet Myanmar officials, committee president Peter Maurer sat down for an interview with Frontier’s Jared Downing and reporters from several other outlets.
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