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Myanmar journalists facing ‘terror campaign’ in deadliest year for media since coup

In 2024 four journalists have been killed, with others jailed, as they report on human rights abuses by the military junta

The Guardian - UK

Hanoi River Level Hits 20-year High As SE Asia Typhoon Toll Passes 150

Typhoon Yagi hit Vietnam at the weekend bringing winds in excess of 149 kilometres (92 miles) per hour and a deluge of rain that has also brought destructive floods to northern areas of Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.

Latin Times

VPN demand is on the rise worldwide – the US calls on Big Tech to step in

While Russia, Iran, Myanmar, and other authoritarian states keep heavily censoring the web, increasingly more people need an alternative way to access the free internet.

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Myanmar Armed Group Says 11 Civilians Killed In Junta Air Strikes

Myanmar military air strikes in northern Shan state killed 11 civilians and wounded 11 more, a spokeswoman for an ethnic minority armed group battling the junta told AFP on Friday.

International Business Times

Rare Twin Elephants Take First Steps In Myanmar

Baby elephant twins born last week on a timber camp in Myanmar are thriving after a wobbly first few days in the world, officials told AFP on Thursday.

International Business Times

Myanmar regime labels key ethnic armed groups ‘terrorist’ organisations

The designation bans anyone from joining or having contact with the MNDAA, TNLA and the Arakan Army.

Al Jazeera

7 years after genocide, plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is exacerbated by camp violence

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya in Bangladesh marked the seven-year anniversary of displacement from their homes in neighboring Myanmar on Aug. 25, 2024. It was a somber occasion for the long-persecuted Myanmarese Muslim minority, who have faced dire living conditions while clustered into the world’s most crowded refugee camps.

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Military leader says Myanmar will hold a census next month to compile voter lists

The head of Myanmar’s military government has declared that Myanmar will hold a national census next month to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends

The Independent UK

Q&A: Author Clare Hammond reveals how railways made and broke Myanmar

For three months in 2016, Clare Hammond, a British journalist working in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, traveled across the country on trains with a mission to find out where they went, who built them, and why

The Independent UK

Slow down. Stay offline. Be bored

In time, restlessness gives way to new thinking, as artists from Anish Kapoor to Grayson Perry have attested

The Guardian - UK

Workers Trapped For Days In Collapsed Thai Train Tunnel Found Dead

The two men from China and one from Myanmar had been trapped since the tunnel caved in a week ago

International Business Times

Myanmar Journalists Sentenced Under Counterterrorism Law

Military court in Myanmar hands severe sentences to journalists under counterterrorism law post-coup. Press freedom organizations condemn the crackdown on ...

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Rohingya Refugees Mark 7Th Anniversary, Demand Safe Return

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh mark 7th anniversary of exodus from Myanmar, seeking safe return amidst ongoing challenges.

The Independent UK

Rohingya refugees mark the anniversary of their exodus and demand a safe return to Myanmar

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees have rallied in a southern Bangladeshi coastal district where they live in sprawling camps, marking the seventh anniversary of their mass exodus from Myanmar

The Guardian - UK

China’s deadly divide-and-rule tactics in Myanmar risk shock waves across region

Far from acting as a broker, Beijing is playing both sides in a state torn by brutality and chaos

International Business Times

UN Fears Repeat Of 2017 Atrocities Against Rohingyas

The United Nations said Friday it fears a repeat of the 2017 atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, warning a human tragedy was unfolding in Rakhine State.

The Independent UK

UN rights chief raises alarm about Myanmar's Rohingya civilians trapped by fighting

The U.N.’s human rights chief has joined a chorus of concern for members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority after many were reported killed in recent fighting between the military government and the Arakan Army, an armed ethnic rebel group

The Independent UK

Two freelance journalists reportedly killed with guerrillas in army raid on home in southern Myanmar

Two freelance journalists in the strife-torn nation of Myanmar have been killed, one allegedly after being captured, when security forces raided the home of one of them in the southern state of Mon

The Conversation

In Myanmar’s brutal war, the military is weaponising sexual violence against women, children and LGBTQI+ people

The United Nations verified 3,688 cases of conflict-related sexual violence around the world last year, a significant increase of 50% from 2022. This is certainly a vast underestimate of the true number of cases.

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