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 military elite is on a determined mission to retain power after the November 8 election in which its hopes are likely to be thwarted by the will of the people.
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Despite fielding only a handful of candidates in this year's election, the FUP has big hopes for the future.
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Ethnic politics is dominating the election race in Rakhine State, where an increasingly confident Rakhine National Party covets the chief minister’s position and the divide between Buddhists and Muslims continues to fester.
Myanmar’s ruling party on Wednesday denied previous reports that they had dismissed House Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann from their ranks.
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