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Those arrested include a BBC reporter and a former Mizzima correspondent.
Mar 19, 2021
Students are taught a ‘strict sense of obedience’ and must clap exactly 20 times at the end of each class.
Jan 30, 2019
Arrests come as UN rights envoy urged military not to target civilians.
Jan 25, 2019
Five cases have come to light in the past year of men dying behind bars in Myanmar.
Jan 24, 2019
Biak Lar’s high status in majority Christian Chin state shielded him from scrutiny.
Jan 20, 2019
Request came amid fraught meeting in which Hong Liang allegedly warned Kachin leaders not to get too close with the West
Jan 16, 2019
Acting on a tip-off from a fellow passenger, a crusading MP exposed allegations that a top official had skimmed public money to build houses for himself
Jan 14, 2019
Former captain Moe Yan Naing’s family travelled hundreds of miles to see him released from prison today, but they’ll now have to wait until next month.
Jan 2, 2019
The NLD may have a supermajority in both houses, but recent appointments are a reminder that the party wants to keep the generals close.
Dec 10, 2018
His suggestion that reporters should put patriotism first is “against journalism ethics and hinders press freedom,” read the statement, which was signed by groups including PEN Myanmar...
Dec 6, 2018
Yangon’s chief minister has promised further legal action if Press Council negotiations are unsuccessful.
Dec 5, 2018
In the months leading up to the November 3 poll, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) candidate for Seikkan township helped voters to secure micro-loans from an obscure...
Nov 20, 2018
Eight prisoners made a break for it, ignoring the pain in their emaciated bodies as they sprinted from the labour camp in Kabaw Valley in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing Region. They didn’t...
Nov 8, 2018
