Attempts by the regime to more tightly control assistance to people affected by the recent earthquake have had a chilling effect on volunteer aid efforts in Myanmar’s second largest city.
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Attempts by the regime to more tightly control assistance to people affected by the recent earthquake have had a chilling effect on volunteer aid efforts in Myanmar’s second largest city.
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The swift delivery of aid to survivors of the recent earthquake must take precedence over transient political gains in a long-running conflict.
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Myanmar’s earthquake has left the regime’s already shaky administration reeling, with thousands of its staff in the capital now living in temporary shelters and complaining of limited assistance from their masters.
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As a challenging transition continues in Myanmar, what are the hopes for peace and justice? Dr Ashley South, a research professor at Chiang Mai in Thailand and a specialist on ethnic politics in Myanmar, was interviewed by JusticeInfo.net.
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Ashley South, a research professor and specialist on ethnic politics in Myanmar, on the country's elusive search for peace and justice.
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Whatever the monumental adversities still facing this country, it’s important to keep in mind how far things have come.
In Wai Hai and other villages in a cluster of seats in central Shan State where voting was cancelled in 2015, voters were delighted to cast a ballot in the April 1 by-election.
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Performance art emerged in Yangon in the 1990s and flourished under junta rule in the late 2000s but has since gone into decline.
The recent vote to remove the de facto opposition from the KNU’s leading bodies adds to continued uncertainty for the largest group to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.
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