Authorities in Myanmar have arrested a former British ambassador to the country and her husband, sources said. Vicky Bowman, the current head of the Myanmar Center for Responsible Business (MCRB), and her husband Htein Lin, a Myanmar artist and former political prisoner, were arrested on Wednesday in Yangon, the country’s financial capital, three sources with […]
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OHE: The conditions for the return of the Rohingya to Myanmar do not yet exist
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said today that it is still not safe for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar, nearly five years after a crackdown that prompted their mass exodus to neighboring Bangladesh. “Unfortunately, the current situation on the other side of the border shows that the conditions for return do […]
Myanmar: First visit to the country by the UN special envoy
The UN envoy for Myanmar, Noelle Heiser, is today making her first visit to the country since the February 2021 military coup, the organization announced. The secretary-general’s special envoy “will discuss the deteriorating situation and her immediate concerns,” the UN said without elaborating, while explaining that her visit follows “extensive consultations with actors from across […]
Myanmar: The country’s former leader has been jailed for six years for corruption
A court in junta-run Myanmar today sentenced the country’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to six years in prison after finding her guilty on four counts of corruption, a source familiar with the proceedings said. The 77-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate and figurehead of opposition to Myanmar’s military junta faces at least 18 charges, […]
UN: More evidence is accumulating of crimes against humanity in Myanmar
UN investigators said today that there is increasing evidence that crimes against humanity are being committed in Myanmar (Burma) after last year’s coup in the country. In its annual report, the independent UN Investigative Mechanism on Myanmar highlights that women and children are being targeted. “Abundant evidence indicates that since the military seized power in […]
Myanmar’s ambassador to China died on Sunday
Myanmar’s ambassador to China died on Sunday, according to diplomatic sources, the fourth ambassador to the country to die in a year. Ambassador U Myo Thant Pae was last seen on Saturday when he was meeting with an official in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan, which neighbors Myanmar, according to local media. Three diplomatic […]
Myanmar: Japanese journalist accused of inciting subversive actions
A Japanese journalist and documentary filmmaker detained in Myanmar is accused of violating an immigration law and encouraging opposition to the ruling military regime, Burma’s BBC reported today, citing the junta. Toru Kubota entered Myanmar on a tourist visa on July 1 and was arrested while covering a demonstration in Rangoon on July 30, according […]
Russia supports the Myanmar junta through Lavrov’s mouth
Increasingly isolated on the international stage, Russia is reaching out to the Burmese junta by expressing the Kremlin’s support for its “efforts to stabilize the country,” according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who is visiting Naypyidaw. “We stand in solidarity with (Myanmar authorities’) efforts to stabilize the situation in the country,” said Sergei Lavrov, […]
Lavrov in Myanmar on Wednesday for discussions on defense issues
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Myanmar on Wednesday where he will hold defense-focused talks with the leaders of the ruling junta, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said today. “Discussions are planned between the foreign minister and the leaders of Myanmar,” who came to power after a coup last year, Russian […]
Myanmar: Junta extends state of emergency for another 6 months
The military regime has extended for an additional six months the state of emergency that has been imposed on Myanmar since the February 1, 2021 military coup, official media reported today. Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, who has been in power since the coup, has asked members of the military government to “keep it in […]