Myanmar's democrats must be allowed to attend the UN Human...
March 12 ,2022
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By: Chris Gunness and Khin Ohmar
The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), of which Indonesia is a key and active member, is meeting now in Geneva and despite the...
US honors Myanmar’s NUG deputy minister with women of cour...
March 11 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The US State Department has recognized the parallel National Unity Government (NUG)’s deputy minister for women, youth and childr...
Myanmar documentary brings country's angst and courage to...
March 11 ,2022
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By: Liz Shackleton
A still from "Myanmar Diaries." To make the documentary, an anonymous group of filmmakers called the Myanmar Film Collective collecte...
Myanmar defectors describe military culture of abuse, fear
March 9 ,2022
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By: Caleb Quinley
A soldier carries a sniper rifle during a demonstration against the military coup where security forces fired on protesters in Mandal...
Myanmar regime revokes citizenship of 11 prominent resista...
March 9 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Top row from left: NUG cabinet members U Yee Mon, Daw Zin Mar Aung and Ma Ei Thinzar Maung. Bottom row from left: NUG minister Dr....
ASEAN Special Envoy to visit Myanmar this month
March 8 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn addresses the media at the ASEAN foreign ministers' retreat in Phnom Penh on February 17....
Trauma haunts journalists, human rights workers in Myanmar
March 7 ,2022
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By: Emily Fishbein
Experts say journalists may experience anger, difficulty concentrating, a sense of helplessness, and exhaustion as a result of witn...
Myanmar Military conglomerate shifts HQ to capital amid Ju...
March 5 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
One of MEHL's subsidiaries, Myawaddy Trading Limited, on Yangon's Strand Road. / The Irrawaddy
The Myanmar military regime is buil...
How Myanmar’s Gen Z flash mobs evade soldiers to protest a...
March 4 ,2022
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By: Min Ye Kyaw
A flash mob protest in downtown Yangon on February 26, 2022. Photo: Octopus/ Facebook
For Myanmar’s ruling junta, an id...
Myanmar question is forcing ASEAN to remake itself
March 1 ,2022
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By: Ben Bland
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, delivers his press statement following ASEAN leaders' meeting in Jakarta in April 2021: str...
The complexities of post-coup Myanmar
February 28 ,2022
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By: Htun Aung Gyaw
A member of the Karenni People's Defense Force holds a homemade gun adorned with the words 'Spring Revolution' in Burmese script as h...
Rights advocates urge nations to halt jet fuel supplies t...
February 26 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
More than 1,560 civilians have been killed by the Myanmar security forces since February last year. (Reuters)
Some human rights ad...
Wa an early winner of Myanmar’s post-coup war
February 24 ,2022
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By: Anthony Davis
UWSA special force snipers participate in a military parade in the Wa State's Panghsang, April 17, 2019. Photo: AFP / Ye Aung Thu...
EU slaps sanctions on top Myanmar officials, gas firm
February 23 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
More than 1,500 civilians have been tortured to death or killed in the violence, many of them in attacks in rural areas by security f...
China, Russia and Serbia 'supplying arms' to Myanmar junta
February 23 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
At least 1,500 civilians have been killed and over 300,000 people have been displaced since the coup, according to activists. (Reuter...
Myanmar junta to replace Suu Kyi in case over alleged geno...
February 22 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Aung San Suu Kyi addresses judges of the International Court of Justice on December 11, 2019. File photo: AP
Myanmar’s junta...
Myanmar junta rejects push for new Asean envoy to meet opp...
February 22 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, new special envoy for Asean. Photo: AP
Myanmar’s government has criticised call...
A no-fly zone won’t fly in Myanmar
February 21 ,2022
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By: Andrew Selth
This has in turn led to louder and more frequent calls for the imposition of a no-fly zone over Myanmar, policed by foreign p...
Mitsubishi Corp. to offload interest in Myanmar gas field
February 19 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Leading Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp. plans to shed its stake in a Myanmar gas project.
TOKYO -- Trading house Mits...
Myanmar junta’s role in Rohingya case at ICJ is troubling
February 19 ,2022
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By: Parvej Siddique Bhuiyan
The Palace of Peace in The Hague, the official residency of the International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration...
Myanmar’s military numbers
February 18 ,2022
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By: Andrew Selth
Myanmar junta military soldiers parade during a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the country’s Union Day in Naypyidaw o...
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