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Long-term visa applications officially open

The Board of Investment has officially begun accepting applications for long-term resident (LTR) visas for wealthy and high-potential foreigners who are expected to make big contributions to the economy.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar jails Britain's former ambassador and spouse for a year

A court in Myanmar has jailed a former British ambassador and her spouse for one year for violating immigration laws, sources and media said on Friday, prompting concern from rights activists at secretive trials under military rule.

Reuters

Myanmar junta jails former British envoy for a year

Myanmar's junta jailed a former British ambassador to the country and her husband for a year on Friday for breaching immigration rules, a diplomatic source said.

Bangkok Post

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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi gets 3 years’ jail for election fraud

Latest sentence adds to the 17 years in prison that Aung San Suu Kyi has already been given in military-ruled Myanmar.

Al Jazeera

Factbox: Legal cases against Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to a further three years in prison on Friday with hard labour for committing electoral fraud, according to a source familiar with her secretive trial.

Reuters

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Gets More Jail, Hard Labor for Election Fraud

Myanmar's deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of electoral fraud on Friday and sentenced by a judge to three years in jail with hard labor, according to a source familiar with the proceedings. The Nobel laureate and figurehead of Myanmar's opposition to decades of military rule…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Myanmar's Suu Kyi gets jail with hard labour for election fraud

Myanmar's deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of electoral fraud on Friday and sentenced to three years in jail with hard labour, according to a source familiar with the proceedings.

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Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 3 years for voting fraud

A court in Myanmar has sentenced the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years' imprisonment after finding her guilty of involvement in election fraud

The Independent UK

Myanmar, Ukraine war shift Japanese policy on refugees

The crisis in Myanmar and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have opened Japan’s door a fraction wider.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar postpones hearing of detained Japanese filmmaker

The next court hearing of a Japanese man in Myanmar was postponed to Sept 6 in the trial over his alleged involvement in an anti-coup protest amid Japan's calls for his early release, a source close to the matter said Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

‘This is our documentary of the crisis we face’: the Rohingya smartphone photographers

Refugees who have fled Myanmar describe the risks and their sense of duty – as well as joy – in recording life around them in the sprawling camps of Bangladesh

The Guardian - UK

When internet shutdowns spill over borders

The mechanics of the internet mean that blocks on access imposed by one country can be felt half a world away

The Guardian - AU

How to shut down the internet – and how to fight back

From total blackouts to targeted ‘screwdriver-style’ tactics, governments are adept at controlling who can access the internet. But resistance is growing

The Guardian - AU

Flicking the kill switch: governments embrace internet shutdowns as a form of control

From Sudan to Syria, Jordan to Jaipur, the trend towards digital authoritarianism is deepening

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Bangkok Post

4 Myanmar migrants killed, 9 injured in road accident

KANCHANABURI: Four illegal Myanmar migrants were killed and nine others injured after a car overturned on Highway 323 in Sangkhla Buri district of this western border province early on Sunday.

ABC News

Myanmar community in Mt Gambier forges friendships where military brutality left pain

When Paul Thu moved to regional Australia, he unexpectedly connected with his birth country – Myanmar. While history has left painful associations between Dr Thu's ethnic group and others, they've been able to make friends in Australia.

Bangkok Post

Five years into Rohingya crisis, what's the plan?

Myanmar's violent ethnic cleansing programme, which forced roughly a million Rohingya Muslims into Bangladeshi refugee camps, marked its fifth anniversary yesterday.

The Hindu

Should India change its policy on the Rohingya?

Its record on refugee protections is exemplary; the Rohingya should not fall victim to internal politics

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Myanmar junta detains former British ambassador on immigration charges

Myanmar authorities have arrested Britain's former ambassador to the country and her husband, a prominent artist and one-time political prisoner, for allegedly violating immigration laws, the junta said on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rohingya Mark 5th Anniversary of Exodus to Bangladesh

Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority Rohingya refugees marked the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh on Thursday, as the United States, the European Union and other Western nations pledged to support the pursuit of justice in international courts. At a sprawling camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar…

Reuters

Myanmar Rohingya, five years on, desperate to leave Bangladesh camps and go home

Myanmar Rohingya Muslims protested across refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh on Thursday, the fifth anniversary of clashes between Rohingya insurgents and Myanmar security forces that drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from their homes.

Al Jazeera

Rohingya call for safe return home, 5 years after Myanmar exodus

Rohingya refugees say they have no future in Bangladesh camps, but situation in Myanmar prevents their return.

Daily Mirror

British former Myanmar ambassador detained by officials after UK issues fresh sanctions

Sources close to the family said that the regime is planning to charge Vicky Bowman, who is a UK citizen, with violating Myanmar's Immigration Act

Al Jazeera

Former UK ambassador, husband detained by Myanmar generals

Vicky Bowman and husband, Htein Lin, arrested in Yangon and investigated under the country’s Immigration Act.

Bangkok Post

Rohingya mark ‘Genocide Remembrance Day’

Thousands of Rohingya refugees held “Genocide Remembrance Day” rallies on Thursday across a huge network of camps in Bangladesh, marking five years since they fled a military offensive in Myanmar.

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