Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng knelt before police officers in Myitkyina, Myanmar, begging the security forces to refrain from using violence against children and residents.
Sporadic protests in Myanmar after hundreds escape overnight security siege
Myanmar security forces quickly snuffed out sporadic anti-junta protests on Tuesday after hundreds of young activists who had been trapped overnight in a district of its biggest city Yangon were able …
Widespread work stoppages in Myanmar against February 1 military coup
The continued protests and strikes are testimony to the determination of the working class to resist military rule in the face of increasingly brutal repression.
Telecoms set the business tone in Myanmar
Buyout group CVC may ditch a $700 mln deal for tower assets after a military coup, but Norway’s Telenor, a big taxpayer, and TPG are heavily invested. How the industry deals with the junta offers a …
Social business in Myanmar: past, present, future
Introduction Myanmar, a Southeastern Asian country of more than 57 million inhabitants, has been on the news for the past months and weeks. The customary instability of the region, and particularly of …
Malaysia court allows rights groups to challenge Myanmar deportations
A Malaysian court on Tuesday granted international human rights groups permission to challenge the recent deportation of Myanmar nationals, a major step in a country where the law bars immigration …
Malaysia court allows rights groups to challenge deportation of Myanmar nationals: Lawyer
The ruling came despite a Malaysian law that prevents anyone from challenging a decision made by immigration authorities. . Read more at straitstimes.com.
‘Barricaded’ Myanmar protesters leave after tense standoff
Overnight crackdown saw dozens of people detained as gov’t goes after the media with reported raids and closure orders.
Police fire guns and grenades at Myanmar protesters
News Agency Police fire guns and grenades at Myanmar protesters. Posted . Thousands of people defied a night time curfew to take to the streets of Myanmar’s main city in support o …
What could make Myanmar’s military junta back off?
Michael Bociurkiw writes that international statements of condemnation in the wake of the Feb. 1 Myanmar military coup have done little more than highlight the limits of the world’s diplomatic arsenal …