Suu Kyi's NLD claims to have won majority in Myanmar elect...
Supporters of the National League for Democracy hold flags and a picture of Aung San Suu Kyi outside the party's headq...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi forecast to triumph in coronavirus-hit ‘...
November 9 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Supporters of the National League for Democracy in a motorcade pass supporters of the opposition Union Solidarity and Development Par...
Myanmar BGP guns down Bangladeshi man in Teknaf
November 9 ,2020
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By: Abdul Aziz
A Bangladeshi man has been gunned down by the Border Guard Police (BGP) of Myanmar near Teknaf Upazila of Cox's Bazar.
Mohammed...
Myanmar ‘undermining lifeblood of democracy’ before polls
November 8 ,2020
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By: Andrew Nachemson
Myanmar's upcoming election has been widely criticised for failing to meet a host of international democratic standards as anti-Mus...
Myanmar’s election in 500 words
November 8 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Supporters of the governing National League for Democracy (NLD) party take part in a campaign rally [Shwe Paw Mya Tin/Reuters]
Mya...
Myanmar election tests democracy under Suu Kyi: 5 things t...
November 7 ,2020
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By: Yuichi Nitta
The National League for Democracy's election billboard near the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon
Myanmar will hold general...
Myanmar military warns president of impeachment
November 6 ,2020
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By: Nyein Nyein
Relations between the National League for Democracy (NLD)-led government and the military continued to sour over the election on Thursd...
Frustrated Myanmar minorities aim to thwart Suu Kyi in ele...
Thousands demonstrate in support of the Kachin State People's Party in Myitkyina, Myanmar, on Oct. 17. (Photo by Zau Ring Hpra)
Et...
Myanmar military chief’s warnings raise specter of post-el...
November 5 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar military chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s recent stern warnings to the Union Ele...
NLD govt slams Myanmar’s military for attacking election b...
November 5 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The National League for Democracy government says military comments on the election are inciting instability and causing public concern...
Myanmar army chief accuses govt of 'unacceptable mistakes'...
November 4 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar's Army Chief Min Aung Hlaing
Myanmar’s army chief said on Tuesday the civilian government was making “un...
Malaysia begins deporting nearly 1,000 detained Myanmar mi...
November 4 ,2020
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By: Zaw Zaw Htwe
Malaysia has begun deporting more than 900 Myanmar migrants who have been held in its immigration detention centers for several months,...
Myanmar’s fugitive ‘Buddhist Bin Laden’ monk gives himself...
November 3 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A hardline Buddhist monk turned himself in on Monday after 18 months on the run – and less than a week before Myanmar’s nat...
Rohingya Muslims want to co-exist with their fellow countr...
November 3 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Twenty-nine Rohingya rights defenders across the globe in a joint statement Saturday claimed the persecuted people want peaceful co-exi...
Myanmar’s discriminatory laws cast doubt on fairness of el...
November 2 ,2020
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By: Lisa Schlein
The UN human rights office warns Myanmar’s discriminatory citizenship and electoral laws cast doubt on the fairness of next week&...
Vote cancellations trigger outrage among Myanmar minority...
October 30 ,2020
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By: Emily Fishbein
The Arakan National Party (ANP) was expected to do well in November's elections, but voting in many parts of Rakhine state has now be...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi projects 'pro-economy image' before elec...
October 30 ,2020
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By: Yuichi Nitta
The government has eased work-at-home orders for Yangon in the run-up to the November election
Ahead of a general election o...
1 killed, 3 hurt as Myanmar Navy sinks boat carrying ICRC...
October 29 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A boat driver was killed and three people were injured when their vessel transporting ICRC aid supplies to internally displaced person...
Arakan Army kills govt troops in raid near Myanmar-Banglad...
October 29 ,2020
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By: Min Aung Khine
The Arakan Army (AA) attacked a temporary military outpost and police outpost between Rathedaung and Maungdaw townships on Monday morni...
Covid, conflicts, Rohingya: is Suu Kyi really a sure bet i...
October 28 ,2020
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By: Maria Siow
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: AP
During the 15 years Aung San Suu Kyi was kept under house arrest by ...
The Gambia submits case against Myanmar for Rohingya genoc...
October 24 ,2020
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By: SAM Report
The Gambia on Friday filed a more than 500-page Memorial, which also includes more than 5000 pages of supporting material, in its lawsu...
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