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More than 100 Myanmar activists marked the anniversary on Wednesday of the arrest of two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in jail in a landmark free speech case by releasing balloons at a rally in the country’s largest city Yangon.Wa Lone, …
Read moreYANGON, Myanmar, Myanmar and India signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), on state-level cooperation in science and technology for 2018-2021, said a release of the President’s Office.The signing came after a meeting between Myanmar President, U W…
Read moreYANGON Protesters in Yangon Wednesday will mark one year since the arrest of two Myanmar Reuters journalists who exposed a massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state.Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were arrested outside a Yangon restaurant on De…
Read moreSlain Saudi Writer, Other Journalists Named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’Slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi is among a group of journalists who were named Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” Tuesday.The publication recognizes a person or a group of people…
Read moreAbout 6,000 residents of Myitkyina, capital of northern Myanmar’s Kachin state, staged a protest on Tuesday over the jailing of three prominent youth activists who helped organize peaceful demonstrations earlier this year, demanding their immediate rel…
Read moreWASHINGTON The United States said Tuesday it has added Pakistan to its blacklist of countries that violate religious freedom, ramping up pressure over its treatment of minorities.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he had designated Pakistan among “c…
Read moreMyanmar President Win Myint said on Monday that the country’s human rights situation has improved, but critics disagreed, pointing to violence targeting Rohingya Muslims, the harsh treatment of ethnic minorities, an about-face on press freedom, and cr…
Read moreDHAKA Bangladesh’s telecoms regulator shut down dozens of online news portals for several hours Monday, citing security reasons, as officials scrutinize hundreds of sites before a parliamentary election this month.The move comes as Prime Minister She…
Read moreYANGON, Myanmar, Myanmar President, U Win Myint, on Monday, reiterated the government’s pledge, to cooperate with international organisations to ensure that the articles contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are respected and implemen…
Read moreThe European Commission has released an additional Euros 5 million to provide life-saving food assistance to the Rohingya communities stranded in Bangladesh.This comes on top of the Euros 40 million in humanitarian aid announced in May in response to t…
Read moreThe Council adopted conclusions on the situation in Myanmar/Burma. The Council expresses deep concern over the findings of the independent international fact-finding mission (FFM) of the UN Human Rights Council which conclude that gross human rights vi…
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