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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စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီးတွင် အမြန်ရေယာဉ်တိမ်းမှောက် နစ်မြုပ်မှုကြောင့် သေဆုံးသူ ၅၀ ကျော်သွားပြီ ဖြစ်သည်
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The sexual abuse of children is widespread in Myanmar but attempts to increase the penalty for child rapists have twice ended in failure.
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Canada’s outgoing ambassador to Myanmar Mark McDowell on his decision to leave the foreign service and why young people should ‘go with their gut’.
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