Tag: Myanmar
Myanmar activist faces court for banner protesting internet shutdown
Charge against free-speech activist and poet is latest example of Myanmar govt’s intolerance of critical speech, rights group says
Cardinal Bo calls for ‘one military’ as Myanmar’s armed groups hold...
Military must also gradually come under the authority of a democratically accountable elected president, the cardinal says
UN investigator says Facebook has not shared ‘evidence’ of Myanmar crime
Facebook played a key role in spreading hate speech that fueled violence against Rohingya, UN investigators says
Malaysian court to hear bid to set aside caning for Rohingya...
Lawyers also seek a review of a case against six Rohingya teenagers, including two girls, who they say have been wrongly tried and convicted as adults
UN needs to demand Myanmar improve on human rights, group says
Less flowery talk, more action needed from govt on improving human rights situation, Human Rights Watch says
Wheat and weeds, good and evil sowers
The time has come to identify the weeds and uproot them and burn them in the furnace of history.
Myanmar’s religious leaders call for unity, peace amid conflict
They have urged Myanmar’s people to prepare for a future after COVID-19
Cardinal Bo blames greed, injustice for Myanmar’s mine tragedy
Global Witness called the landslide as “a damning indictment of the government’s failure to curb reckless and irresponsible mining practices”
Thousands in western Myanmar flee as army plans operations, monitors say
The Myanmar army has been fighting the Arakan Army, a group from the largely Buddhist Rakhine ethnic group that is seeking greater autonomy
Myanmar’s Catholic bishops appeal for end to hostilities, call on government,...
The bishops called on the government and the military "to take into serious consideration" the rights of the people
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