Tag Archives: Myanmar

Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, has been moved by the military junta to an unknown location from a prison in the capital, Naypyidaw, raising questions about her safety. Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi and U Win Myint, the country’s former president, were relocated “to a safe …

A Buddhist pagoda towers above a teeming thoroughfare in Mae Sot, a Thai town dense with tens of thousands of people fleeing conflict in nearby Myanmar. Credit: William Webb/IPS by William Webb (mae sot, thailand) Thursday, February 15, 2024 Inter Press Service MAE SOT, Thailand, Feb 15 (IPS) – The news …

Myanmar’s resistance called a ‘silent strike’ on February 1, the third anniversary of the military coup. This main street leading to Sule Pagoda in central Yangon was relatively quiet, but residents said fewer people heeded the strike call this year. Credit: William Webb/IPS by William Webb (yangon, myanmar) Monday, February 12, …

Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, June 23, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jun 23 (IPS) – The violence keeps coming in Myanmar, under military rule since February 2021. The junta stands accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, with evidence of systematic use of killings, rape, torture and other …

Human Rights Watch says Bangladesh ‘shouldn’t forget why Rohingya became refugees’ and recognise that those factors have not changed. The Human Rights Watch has criticised sharply a plan to return Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar, saying it poses “grave risks” to their lives and liberty. Bangladesh is home to …

Thousands of people have hunkered down in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday. As Cyclone Mocha crashed ashore, it uprooted trees, scattered flimsy homes in Rohingya displacement camps in Bangladesh, and brought a storm …

Expressing deep sadness that more than 200 Rohingya – who fled military persecution in Myanmar in 2017 – have died trying to cross the Andaman Sea from Bangladesh this year, Mr. Türk said that the boats used to make the crossings are not only “overcrowded and unsafe” but also “left …

UN acceptance of ambassadors from Myanmar’s military, the Taliban, and Libya’s eastern government would act as the first step towards their official recognition on the global stage. The United Nations General Assembly has approved postponing its decision on whether Myanmar’s military government and Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders can send ambassadors to …

Military frees four foreigners as part of a prisoner amnesty to mark Myanmar’s National Victory Day, reports say. Myanmar’s military has released an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker and an ex-British diplomat as part of a prisoner amnesty, according to media reports. Major General Zaw Min Tun told the Voice …

Latest measures target officials and arms dealers as the military uses brutal force to respond to widespread armed resistance to its rule. The United States and European Union have announced new sanctions against Myanmar’s military regime aimed at officials, companies and arms dealers, as campaigners urge quicker implementation of the …