The U.S. Embassy in Myanmar on Monday condemned the country’s military regime for executing a former lawmaker, a pro-democracy activist and two other prisoners over the weekend. The embassy tweeted …
Myanmar junta executes leading democracy activists
In November 2021, Phyo Zayar Thaw was arrested during a raid on an apartment complex in Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon. He was accused of planning attacks on junta targets and charged under the …
QUOTES-Reaction to Myanmar’s execution of four democracy activists
Myanmar’s military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out “terror acts”, state media said on Monday, the Southeast Asian nation’s first executions in decades.
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The four men were accused of conspiring to carry out and directing “brutal and inhumane terror acts” and were executed in prison, according to the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper. They …
Steel sector keeping tabs on Myanmar
Thai steel manufacturers have fresh concerns over the impact of the suspension of foreign loan payments in Myanmar on steel exports to Myanmar.
Myanmar in dock over action on Rohingya
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague had said that Gambia had a right to bring a case against the government of Myanmar on the issue of genocide of Rohingya, a largely Muslim …
Steel sector keeping tabs on Myanmar
Thai steel manufacturers have fresh concerns over the impact of the suspension of foreign loan payments in Myanmar on steel exports to Myanmar.
Myanmar in dock over action on Rohingya
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague had said that Gambia had a right to bring a case against the government of Myanmar on the issue of genocide of Rohingya, a largely Muslim …
World Court says it has jurisdiction, Myanmar genocide case to proceed
The World Court on Friday rejected Myanmar’s objections to a genocide case over its treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority, paving the way for the case to be heard in full.
Myanmar Bishop urges respect for human dignity, property
Archbishop Marco Tin Win of Mandalay has called for human dignity and property to be respected as Myanmar’s military junta attacks on civilians in several villages. MYANMAR: Archbishop Marco Tin Win …