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 ‘Sweet December’ celebrations that have become increasingly popular among Myanmar people of all backgrounds over the past decade are likely to have originated in one of the country’s Christian communities.
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Myanmar has been named as one of 10 global conflicts to watch on a list that refers to threats to the peace process and the plight of Rohingya Muslims.
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U Aung Naing Oo fought the government before becoming involved in the fight for peace and is confident the latest setbacks to the process in which he was once deeply involved will eventually be overcome.
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Rice farmers are enduring hard times because production costs have exceeded the return on months of hard toil, with prices at their lowest levels since 2012.
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Media freedom has improved significantly in Myanmar since 2011 but journalists working here still face many threats.
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