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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The State Counsellor’s office has accepted the commission's recommendations, which also call for the perpetrators of human rights violations to be “held to account”.
BY Su Myat Mon
The 88 Generation Peace and Open Society movement has been a driving force for reform for nearly 30 years, and is likely to emerge as a powerful player in party politics.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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In a sense, the current media scandals involving online defamation suits and conflicts of interest illustrate how far things have come.
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The Ethnic Affairs Minister has criticised his lawmaker daughter for successfully proposing a Mon State bridge be named after Bogyoke Aung San.
In a change from the past, the Union Election Commission appointed following the government transition nearly a year ago is winning praise from some political parties as they prepare for by-elections on April 1.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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