The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday condemned the executions of four democracy activists in Myanmar by the military regime and called for the immediate release of all those arbitrarily imprisoned, including former president Win Min and former de facto leader of the government, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. In its statement adopted unanimously […]
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Myanmar: Junta Kills Dissidents – Rapper, Writer Among Them
A rapper and a writer: Phyo Zeya Thaw and Kyaw Min Yu or Jimmy have each expressed in their own space their opposition to the Burmese military regime, which had to resort to the death penalty to silence them. Their execution, along with the execution of two other death row inmates, was announced yesterday in […]
Myanmar: Military junta goes ahead with first executions of dissidents in decades
The military junta in Myanmar has executed four prisoners, including a former lawmaker from the party of ousted de facto head of government Aung San Suu Kyi, state media reported today, the first executions of dissidents in the Asian country in decades. Those convicted, including democracy activist Kyaw Min Yew, 53, were accused of “barbaric […]
Myanmar orders companies and banks to suspend repayment of foreign loans
Myanmar’s central bank has ordered local companies and banks to suspend and defer repayment of foreign loans, according to local media, in its latest effort to control foreign exchange flows, according to Reuters. The central bank issued the order on July 13, according to Myanmar Now news agency. Reuters was unable to independently verify the […]
The head of Myanmar’s military junta in Russia
The head of Myanmar’s military regime began an unannounced visit to Russia yesterday, where he is expected to hold meetings with officials in the nuclear power and aerospace industries, a Russian news agency reported. Min Aung Hlaing attended the opening of a pagoda at a Burmese cultural center in the Kaluga region, 200 kilometers southwest […]
Myanmar: Army blamed for setting fire to hundreds of homes in the north
The Myanmar army set fire to hundreds of buildings during a three-day operation in the northern province of Shanghai, residents and local media reported. Shanghai Province is the scene of violent clashes and bloody retaliation following the February 1, 2021 military coup in Myanmar. The local “People’s Defense Force” regularly clashes with the army. According […]
Myanmar: The junta will execute four dissidents
The Myanmar junta announced today that four people were to be executed, including a former member of the party of the country’s former political leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as a well-known, democratic activist. These executions are the first to take place in the country since 1990. Former MP Pio Zeya Tau and […]
Myanmar: Amnesty International denounces ‘new wave of war crimes’ in country
Amnesty International today denounced “a new wave of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity” in Myanmar, where the junta has stepped up airstrikes and attacks on civilians. The military, which ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s leader in a February 2021 coup, stepped up its attacks in eastern Myanmar from December to March, with ground […]
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to another five years in prison
A Myanmar military tribunal has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison after convicting her in the first of 11 corruption cases pending against her. Nobel laureate Suu Kyi – whose government was overthrown by the military in the February 2021 coup – has already been sentenced in recent months […]
Myanmar junta has released 1,600 detainees
Relatives of hundreds of detainees gathered outside Myanmar’s Insein Jail on Sunday after the military government announced the release of 1,600 New Year’s detainees on a New Year’s Eve holiday in the Southeast Asian country, according to Reuters. The number of detainees released under the annual amnesty was much lower than last year at 23,000, […]