At the 20th meeting of states parties to the Mine Ban Treaty, opening this week in Geneva, governments should condemn Myanmar’s use of antipersonnel landmines, while strengthening efforts to cut off …
Birmingham: Australia should use Magnitsky powers to target China, Myanmar, Iran
The Australian government should roll out targeted sanctions against China, the opposition says, despite the most positive interaction between the two countries in years occurring this week.
Birmingham: Australia should use Magnitsky powers to target China, Myanmar, Iran
The Australian government should roll out targeted sanctions against China, the opposition says, despite the most positive interaction between the two countries in years occurring this week.
Myanmar junta says was no bargaining with other countries before freeing foreigners
Myanmar’s military spokesman General Zaw Min Tun attends a news conference in Naypyitaw, Myanmar February 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer Nov 18 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s ruling military on Friday said it did …
Myanmar’s Junta Is Weak but Dangerous
In July, the Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s military, executed four democracy activists, the Tatmadaw’s first formal use of capital punishment in decades. The judicial murders, intended to intimidate the …
ASEAN envoy to Myanmar welcomes mass release of prisoners by military
BANGKOK, Nov 18 (Reuters) – The special envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) welcomed on Friday a recent mass release of prisoners by Myanmar’s military government as “an …
Myanmar Frees Former British Ambassador and Others in Amnesty
Among those released were Victoria Bowman, the former diplomat, and Sean Turnell, an Australian economic adviser to Myanmar’s imprisoned civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give …
A Must-Read Guide to Myanmar Junta’s Deadly Air Strikes
breaching the Geneva Convention and international law that prohibits aerial attacks designed to terrorize civilians and destroy their property. With regime forces unable to travel by road in parts of …
China’s influence in Myanmar could tip the scales towards war in the South China Sea
An undemocratic Myanmar serves no one’s interests except China, which is consolidating its economic and strategic influence in its smaller neighbour in pursuit of its two-ocean strategy. Read more: …
Myanmar releasing 4 foreigners in broad prisoner amnesty
Bowman, 56, a former British ambassador to Myanmar who was running a business consultancy, was arrested with her husband, a Myanmar national, in Yangon in August. She was given a one-year prison term …