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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မြန်မာရွှေ့ပြောင်း လုပ်သားများအား နိုင်ငံကူးလက်မှတ်များ ထုတ်ပေးရန် အစီအစဉ်ရှိသည်ဟု ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံသို့ ရောက်ရှိနေသည့် နိုင်ငံတော် အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ် ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်က ဇွန် ၂၃ ရက်နေ့က ပြောကြားသည်။
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Government interference and corruption have left Myanmar's legal fraternity in a shambles, its lawyers poorly trained and its judges cowed by police.
Whether for business, pleasure or to acquire a deeper understanding of Myanmar’s culture and society, an increasing number of foreigners are learning Burmese.
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Myanmar officials must refer to the oppressed Rohingya Muslim minority as "people who believe in Islam" rather than by their name as a UN rights envoy visits the country.
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A Dutch tattoo artist and his team have been in Myanmar as part of an innovative global project to publicise the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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