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Nationwide protests against the coup have been responded with murders, torture and mass arrests by the military regime. (Myanmar Now)
The country’s military leaders have acted with impunity for decades, but now there is a mechanism...
Published on Mar 19, 2021
Eleven journalist Kyaw Zaw Lin (front) and Phyo Wai Win (back) at Tamwe Court in October (Photo by Kay Zon Nway/ Myanmar Now)
Yangon’s chief minister has promised further legal action if Press Council negotiations are...
Published on Dec 5, 2018
Nay Myo Aung, the MP-elect from the Union Solidarity and Development Party. (Credit: Myo Myo/Twitter)
In the months leading up to the November 3 poll, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP)...
Published on Nov 20, 2018
Inmates at a plantation area near Yarzagyo prison labor camp in Kalay township, Sagging Region. (Photo: Swe Win/Myanmar Now)
Eight prisoners made a break for it, ignoring the pain in their emaciated bodies as they sprinted...
Published on Nov 8, 2018
(Yangon)—The head of Myanmar’s armed forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has praised...
Published on Nov 3, 2018
Police officer U Myint Aung said survivors who appeared "physically or mentally disabled" must provide medical documents before opening a case. Photo: Kay Zon Nway/Myanmar Now
Discrimination and unnecessary bureaucracy present extra barriers for survivors with autism and...
Published on Nov 2, 2018
A screengrab from a video that circulated on Facebook last month shows Wa soldiers demolishing a Christian cross.
By Lumdau/Myanmar Now The powerful United Wa State Army has freed over 100 Christians who were...
Published on Oct 4, 2018
Authorities arrest and charge protesters who on 3 July demonstrated against the erection of a bronze statue of General Aung San (Pic: Khun Athan)
LOIKAW — One night in 2012, in the Kayah State capital of Loikaw, a group of ethnic Karenni youths...
Published on Jul 19, 2018
A farmer from Auk Magyi Chaung village of Bogalay Township, Ayeyarwady Region. (Pic: Aung Nyein Chan / Myanmar Now)
YANGON — US-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch has criticised slow progress in addressing...
Published on Jul 19, 2018
Detained Reuters journalist Wa Lone speaks to members of the media at the Insein court in Yangon, Myanmar July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Wang
YANGON — Jailed Reuters journalist Ko Wa Lone told a Yangon court on July 17 that during a police...
Published on Jul 18, 2018
Daw Khin Ma Ma Myo, director of the Myanmar Institute of Gender Studies (Phyo Thiha Cho / Myanmar Now)
NAYPYIDAW — A gender equality proposal, outlining a 30 percent women’s quota in the peace process,...
Published on Jul 18, 2018
  Naga rebels in the Indian state of Nagaland (Photo: Reuters)
NAYPYIDAW — A faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) will not be allowed to...
Published on Jul 16, 2018
An ambulance belonging to a private charity in Hpa-An, Kayin State. (Zarny Win / Myanmar Now)
Doctors from Yangon’s General Hospital and Medical University are overseeing an ambitious plan to...
Published on Jul 12, 2018

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