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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Jailed for 19 Years by Myanmar Military
The Burma Campaign UK rights group has calculated that the Nobel laureate has spent 19 years in captivity since 1989 as her ...
Global Voices Online1d
From Myanmar to Australia, a former refugee shares what it means to struggle for Rohingya rights
"For us, citizenship alone will never be enough. We are calling for a process of reconciliation, reckoning, and truth-telling ...
The Irrawaddy1d
Criticism Strengthens Democracy: Veteran Student Leader Speaks Out on Ngwe Saung Agreement
Generation leader U Mya Aye welcomes criticism of the Ngwe Saung statement and stresses that federalism and democracy must go ...
Japanese filmmaker whose arrest caused international outcry backs calls for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release
Toru Kubota backed calls from three former foreign secretaries William Hague, Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw for Aung San ...
Al Jazeera on MSN5d
Myanmar’s rebels liberate territory – administrating it is the next battle
Al Jazeera visits liberated area in Karen State where establishing a civil administration is the next task for fighters.
East Asia Forum5d
The European Union should prepare to fill Myanmar’s Trump vacuum
The EU should prepare to take a proactive role in addressing the Myanmar crisis as US President-elect Donald Trump looks set to disengage.
New York’s Chinese Dissidents Thought He Was an Ally. He Was a Spy.
Shujun Wang seemed to be a Chinese democracy activist, but an F.B.I. investigation showed just how far China will go to ...
Myanmar army airstrike on village kills 40
An airstrike by Myanmar's army on a village under the control of an armed ethnic minority group killed about 40 people and ...
Airstrike on village in western Myanmar kills at least 40 people, groups say
An airstrike by Myanmar’s army on a village under the control of an armed ethnic minority group killed about 40 people and ...
Army Airstrike Kills at Least 40 in Rebel-Held Village
A Myanmar military airstrike on a village in Rakhine state killed at least 40 people and injured over 20 others, officials ...
Freedom House6d
Facing a Year of Uncertainty, Democracies Should Seek Strength in Numbers
The ability to forge broad and diverse coalitions is a signature asset of democratic politics, and it is needed now more than ever on the global stage.