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Interpol arrests more than 3,700 suspects in global trafficking crackdown

A global crackdown on human traffickers and migrant smugglers coordinated by Interpol has led to the arrest of more than 3,700 suspects and aided over 4,400 potential trafficking victims around the world

The Independent UK

Myanmar uses 'ghost ships' to import aviation fuel for deadly air attacks, Amnesty says

Amnesty International says Myanmar's military is using evasive tactics to import aviation fuel for air attacks in its civil war

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Military-backed party secures Myanmar election win with opposition excluded

Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party has claimed victory in the country's first election since the army seized power in 2021

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‘This is a fake election’: Polls close in Myanmar but voters have little doubt junta proxy will prevail

After arresting political opponents, banning the most popular party and using violence to crush dissent, the military’s proxy is on course to win by a landslide

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He left Myanmar to study in Michigan. Trump’s travel ban cut short that dream

The ban was one of several ways the Trump administration made life harder for international students

The Independent UK

Military-backed party set for victory as Myanmar’s ‘sham’ election concludes

Junta leader expected to assume presidency when new parliament meets

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Myanmar military proxy expected to win landslide in widely denounced election

Voting ends in month-long poll derided internationally as sham designed to cement army’s grip on power

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Myanmar holds its last election round with the army already certain to keep control over government

Voting has begun in the final round of Myanmar’s general election, concluding a monthlong process

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‘Displaying the cloth like this showed its true beauty’: Aung Chan Thar’s best phone picture

A beautiful lake, gorgeous fabric: how could the Myanmar photographer resist?

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Fire at Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh destroyed homes and displaced thousands of Rohingya

A massive fire this week has destroyed hundreds of makeshift homes in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, displacing more than 2,000 people

The Independent UK

ASEAN won't endorse election in military-ruled Myanmar, Malaysia says

Malaysia-s foreign minister says The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not endorse elections in military-ruled Myanmar

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Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 20 years imprisoned – she must be freed

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Nobel Peace Prize winner’s continued incarceration is a burning injustice that must be righted – she is the only democratic hope for Myanmar

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Myanmar military-backed party extends lead ahead of final election round

Myanmar’s military-backed party has extended its lead after the second round of voting in the country's election, according to official figures

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At top UN court, Myanmar denies deadly Rohingya campaign amounts to genocide

Myanmar insists its military campaign against the Rohingya ethnic minority was a legitimate counter-terrorism operation, not genocide

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Renewed calls for Aung San Suu Kyi to be released after she completes 20 years ‘buried alive’ in Myanmar detention

IN FOCUS: Myanmar’s democracy icon has now spent two decades incarcerated or under house arrest. Shweta Sharma reports on another grim milestone for a country wrecked by brutal military rule and embroiled in a spiralling civil war

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Myanmar's military government claims a record seizure of illicit drugs at production sites

Myanmar's military government has announced its largest-ever seizure of illicit drugs and production equipment

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Myanmar turned lives of Rohingya Muslims into ‘nightmare’, international court told on first day of genocide trial

Case centres around Myanmar military’s operations in 2016 and 2017 that sent over 700,000 Rohingya refugees fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh to escape persecution

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Case on whether Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya opens at UN court

The Gambia filed the case at the International Court of Justice in 2019, arguing a so-called "clearance operation" by Myanmar's military in 2017 violated the 1948 Genocide Convention.

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‘Big step forward’: Myanmar military faces Rohingya genocide case at UN court

Survivors of violence hope proceedings will bring justice a step closer and set a precedent for future genocide allegations

The Independent UK

UN court to begin hearings on whether Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya

Myanmar will face accusations that it is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority at the top court of the United Nations, as long-awaited hearings are set to begin

The Independent UK

New hope for justice for Myanmar’s Rohingya as World Court hears landmark genocide case

The International Court of Justice case against Myanmar could set precedents to be used in future genocide rulings, James C. Reynolds reports

The Independent UK

Myanmar holds second round of ‘sham elections’ amid armed conflict

Special rapporteur working with UN human rights office says elections are neither free nor fair

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Myanmar holds 2nd round of elections amid armed conflict

Myanmar has resumed voting in the second round of its first general election in five years, expanding polling to additional townships, including some areas affected by the current civil war between the military government and its armed opponents

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‘Thousands have been killed. Why would I vote?’ Myanmar’s people despair over sham election and plea for Aung San Suu Kyi’s return

IN FOCUS: Opposition groups and the UN have called for the international community to boycott the results of elections held by the military junta. Maung Maung, Peter Popham and James C Reynolds report

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Inside Asia’s scam sweatshops – and why they are so hard to shut down

An estimated 120,000 people in Myanmar are being forced to work in online scam operations

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