The United Nations particular envoy on Myanmar declared Monday that she is not going to visit the Southeast Asia nation once more until its navy authorities permits her to satisfy with ousted chief Aung San Suu Kyi. The envoy, Noeleen Heyzer of Singapore, additionally warned of the “tragic actuality that enormous numbers of individuals shall … Read more
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Myanmar on Wednesday, TASS news agency reported, marking one of the crucial high-profile visits to the Southeast Asian nation for the reason that military seized energy in a coup final 12 months. Citing a briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, TASS mentioned Lavrov is anticipated to … Read more
A Japanese video journalist has been detained by safety forces in Myanmar whereas masking a protest towards army rule within the nation’s largest metropolis, pro-democracy activists mentioned Sunday. Toru Kubota, a Tokyo-based documentary filmmaker, was arrested on Saturday by plainclothes police after a flash protest in Yangon, based on Typ Fone, a pacesetter of the … Read more
Myanmar has carried out its first executions in practically 50 years with the hangings of a former National League for Democracy lawmaker, a democracy activist and two males accused of violence after the nation’s army takeover final yr. The executions introduced on Monday have been carried out regardless of worldwide pleas for clemency for the … Read more
Myanmar army authorities have transferred deposed chief Aung San Suu Kyi to a jail in the capital from an undisclosed location the place she had been held since she and her authorities had been ousted in a coup final yr, a army spokesman stated. The Nobel laureate, who turned 77 on Sunday, had been moved … Read more
A Myanmar rebel group stated it has buried the stays of more than 30 people who have been killed and had their our bodies set ablaze, because the UN Security Council known as for accountability and a right away finish to violence in the nation. Opposition activists have blamed Myanmar’s military for the Dec 24 … Read more
A Myanmar court on Monday postponed the issuing of verdicts within the latest of a collection of circumstances towards the nation’s ousted chief, Aung San Suu Kyi, a legal official educated about the case stated. No cause was given for the postponement, in keeping with a legal official who insisted on anonymity for concern of … Read more
Written by Sui-Lee Wee and Richard C. Paddock When a court docket in Myanmar on Monday handed down the primary sentences within the junta’s lengthy record of prices in opposition to Aung San Suu Kyi, it closed a chapter on an period of weak and compromised democracy in a Southeast Asian nation lengthy dominated by … Read more
Myanmar’s deposed chief Aung San Suu Kyi has had her sentence reduced from 4 years to two years after a partial pardon by the top of the military-appointed authorities, the nation’s state tv reported on Monday. Earlier on Monday, a courtroom in Myanmar discovered Suu Kyi, ousted in a Feb. 1 coup, responsible of fees … Read more
Myanmar’s former chief Aung San Suu Kyi obtained a four-year jail time period on Monday, the primary verdict in quite a few cases introduced against her since she was ousted in a Feb. 1 navy coup.. The junta has tightly managed data about the behind-closed-doors legal proceedings and has imposed a gag order on Suu … Read more