Police Detain Guangxi Activist in China’s Yunnan, Near Myanmar Border
Chinese police have detained a woman in the southwestern province of Yunnan on suspicion of subversion, as part of a crackdown on dissent in the southern province of Guangdong, her associates confirmed Friday.Wei Yani, who hails from the southern regio…
Bangladesh Begins Relocating 2nd Group of About 1,000 Rohingya Refugees
Bangladesh has begun moving a second group of Rohingya refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal, despite strong opposition by international human rights activists.Officials say more than 1,000 Rohingyas are expected to arrive at Bhasan Char …
Yearender: Myanmar’s peace process expected to move forward in New Year
The peace process in Myanmar is expected to move forward in 2021 after the general elections held in November this year gave the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party a new mandate to rule the country.The quinquennial general elections were…
Myanmar Satire Performer Gets Six Months Added to Sentence For Mocking Army
A leader of a satirical troupe in Myanmar has had six months added to a roughly six-year prison sentence for posting a video clip on social media mocking the powerful military in a skit during the country’s annual New Year’s celebration in 2019.Zayar L…
Myanmar President Appeals For Rakhine Elections Amid Truce in Conflict
Myanmar’s President Win Myint has called for cooperation among all sides in the Rakhine state conflict so elections can be held in the troubled state where voting was cancelled last month because of fighting, but a rare truce has held for five weeks.My…
Myanmar To Hold New Parliamentary Session In Feb 2021
Myanmar will hold the next parliamentary session in the first week of Feb, 2021, state-run media reported today. The term of the current parliamentary session is set to conclude at the end of Jan next year. According to the 2008 Constitution, the first regular session of a new term of parliament begins with the […]
Put Myanmar Army Back on UN Child Violations ‘Shame’ List, HRW Says
Myanmar’s military should be put back on the United Nations secretary-general’s “list of shame” for grave violations against children in the conflict in Rakhine state between the government military and a rebel ethnic army, Human Rights Watch said.In J…
New Parties Gain Little Traction in Shadow of Myanmar Ruling Party
Myanmar’s new political parties fared more poorly than they had hoped in this month’s elections, winning no seats at the national level in a landslide victory for the ruling party — a showing analysts put down to coronavirus campaign restrictions and …
Myanmar Pours Cold Water on Fresh Rohingya Repatriation Talks
Myanmar is not ready to join Bangladesh and China in talks on the repatriation of some 740,000 Rohingya refugees from Bangladeshi camps, a senior Naypyidaw diplomat said Tuesday, after Dhaka expressed hope for movement on the dispute following Myanmar’…