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Defiance in Myanmar even as executions prompt fears for detained

More than 70 political prisoners are on death row and analysts fear a desperate military regime could step up killings.

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Human rights group calls for Australia to 'get off the fence' amid fears of further executions in Myanmar

An international human rights organisation is criticising the Australian government's response to the execution of four pro-democracy activists by Myanmar's military, accusing Canberra of being a "laggard" and out of step with its allies.

ABC News

G7 calls on Myanmar to refrain from more ‘arbitrary executions’

The group was the latest to condemn the execution of pro-democracy activists by Myanmar’s coup leaders.

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UN Security Council condemns Myanmar executions

The UN Security Council has condemned the Myanmar junta's execution of four prisoners, drawing praise Thursday from a shadow government of ousted Myanmar lawmakers.

Bangkok Post

UN Security Council Condemns Myanmar Executions

The UN Security Council has condemned the Myanmar junta's execution of four prisoners, drawing praise Thursday from a shadow government of ousted Myanmar lawmakers. In a rare consensus on the post-coup crisis, the Security Council on Wednesday released a statement condemning the executions -- Myanmar's first in decades -- and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fears for more than 100 dissidents sentenced to death in Myanmar after executions spark condemnation

The executions of four men earlier this week has brought into sharp focus the fate of more than 100 people sentenced to death under the country's military junta since the coup in February last year.

ABC News

U.N. Security Council condemns Myanmar executions

The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday condemned the execution of four democracy activists by Myanmar's ruling military and called for the release of all arbitrarily detained prisoners, including President Win Myint and leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Wednesday briefing: How four executions could embolden Myanmar’s resistance

In today’s newsletter: As the junta gets ever more brutal, Gen Z protesters are forming a patchwork militia. Burmese journalist Aung Naing Soe on why the executions could signal a new phase in the struggle for democracy

The Guardian - UK

Top democracy activists were executed in Myanmar – 4 key things to know

The current conflict in Myanmar raised new international concern when the country’s military announced on July 25, 2022, that it had executed four pro-democracy activists and political prisoners.

The Conversation

What is happening in Myanmar? Conflict explained as 4 pro-democracy campaigners executed

Myanmar has been fraught with conflict for years, from a military coup and the deposition of a leader to mass protests which have left hundreds injured and silenced

Daily Mirror

Myanmar 'has enough funds to avert Sri Lanka-like crisis'

Myanmar has sufficient foreign reserves to avoid an economic crisis similar to Sri Lanka’s, the military government said, pushing back on suggestions by some analysts that the Southeast Asian nation faces a growing possibility of default.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar’s military says executions were ‘justice for the people’

Killing of four anti-coup activists has been met with widespread international outrage.

Al Jazeera

Asean denounces execution of Myanmar democracy leaders

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has condemned the execution by Myanmar's military junta of four people, including an ally of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Bangkok Post

Australia 'appalled' by Myanmar executions, Penny Wong offers condolences to families still without answers

Members of the international community — including Australia and the organisation representing Myanmar's neighbours — call the killings "appalling" and "highly reprehensible".

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The Independent UK

Myanmar court rules Suu Kyi bribery trial can continue

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has ruled there is sufficient evidence for the bribery trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to continue

The Guardian - AU

Executed Myanmar activist visited Australia in 2012 to complete a political advisers’ course

Phyo Zeya Thaw met then prime minister Julia Gillard when he was brought to Australia by AusAid

ABC News

Australian embassy spends $750,000 at luxury hotel linked to Myanmar's military junta

Official documents reveal an Australian embassy spent $750,000 at a luxury hotel built on land owned and leased by Myanmar's military junta, with activists saying taxpayer dollars should not have been used.

The Independent UK

Myanmar marks 75th anniversary of killing of founding father

Myanmar’s military-ruled government and its opponents are marking the 75th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San, the father of the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi

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The Independent UK

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi testifies in election fraud trial

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is testifying for the first time in an election fraud charge against her and two co-defendants

Bangkok Post

Dialogue with Suu Kyi 'not impossible', says junta

Dialogue between Myanmar’s military junta and ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end the bloody crisis unleashed by the toppling of her government last year is “not impossible”, a junta spokesman has said.

The Independent UK

Brother of Myanmar's Suu Kyi seeks share of family property

Myanmar’s Supreme Court has heard final arguments in a long-running, bitter dispute between the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and her estranged elder brother over the property where she was held under house arrest for 15 years

Bangkok Post

Asean envoy appeals to Myanmar junta to spare Suu Kyi jail

PHNOM PENH: A special Southeast Asian envoy for the crisis in Myanmar on Monday urged its military rulers not to hold deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi in prison, appealing for leniency ahead of a visit later this week.

Reuters

ASEAN envoy appeals to Myanmar junta to spare Suu Kyi jail

A special Southeast Asian envoy for the crisis in Myanmar on Monday urged its military rulers not to hold deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi in prison, appealing for leniency ahead of a visit later this week.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Myanmar's Suu Kyi Moved to Solitary Confinement in Prison

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi remained in strong spirits after being transferred from house arrest to prison, a source with knowledge of the case said Thursday, and would "calmly" face her new solitary confinement. Since being deposed in a coup last year, Suu Kyi had been under house…

Reuters

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi moved to prison from undisclosed location - BBC

Myanmar's ruling military authorities have transferred deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to prison from the undisclosed location she has been held at since last year's army coup, news outlets including the BBC reported on Thursday.

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