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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ရှပ်နီထောက်ခံသူ ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်ဟောင်းသက်ဆင်သည် ဓမ္မကာရဘုန်းတော်ကြီးကျောင်းကို အသုံးချပြီး ဘုန်းတော်ကြီးများကို လမ်းပေါ်ထွက်စေ၍ လက်ရှိ ဝန်ကြီးချုပ် ပရာယွတ်ဒ အာဏာသိမ်းမှုကို ကာကွယ်ရန် ကြိုးစားခဲ့ဖူးသည်ဟု စွပ်စွဲခံထားရသည်။
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There seems to be little doubt that a reshuffle of government ministers is on the horizon, as the NLD seeks to respond to criticism that it is underperforming.
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