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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Work permits, compulsory medical checks, four year caps on employment terms: two draft laws up for consideration next week could make life much, much harder for foreigners in Myanmar.
BY Sean Gleeson
In recent months the KIO’s armed wing, the Kachin Independence Army, has come under sustained attack by the Tatmadaw, resulting in the loss of several key mountain posts and bases. These offensives have put IDPs in the firing line, prompted the Northern Alliance counter-offensive in northern Shan State in late November and jeopardised progress at next month’s planned 21st Century Panglong – Union Peace Conference.
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Nobody should have to spend more than two years on remand, waiting for their day in court.
Authorities in Mandalay Region plan to confiscate some 40,000 acres of "unused" farmland to use for the nation's interests.
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Frontier speaks with senior Kachin Independence Organisation official General Sumlut Gun Maw in the aftermath of a government assault on KIO territory.
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