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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With the general election drawing near, the Tatmadaw and the Ministry of Information are trying to browbeat the media into submission.
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For the reform-minded among us, last month’s parliamentary vote on possible constitutional reform was a disappointment, if not entirely unexpected.
With the recent failed attempt to amend the constitution leaving Daw Aung San Suu Kyi out of contention for the presidency, might the NLD back Thura U Shwe Mann for the highest office?
The funeral of ruling party hardliner and strategist U Aung Thaung, who was implicated in the infamous Depayin incident, will take place in Yangon on July 27, it was reported last week.
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