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Sea ‘a graveyard’ as number of Rohingya fleeing Bangladesh by boat soars

UN figures show number of those attempting to escape horrendous conditions in refugee camps increased from 700 in 2021 to over 3,500 in 2022

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023

Indonesia tells Myanmar to let ‘qualified people’ take charge

DAVOS, Switzerland: An Indonesian senior minister has urged Myanmar’s military to consider stepping back and letting “qualified” leaders govern the country that is in an economic free-fall due to sanctions and worsening civil strife.

Bangkok Post · Jan 18, 2023

29 illegal migrants arrested after pickup overturns

PHATTHALUNG: Twenty-nine illegal migrants from Myanmar crammed into a pickup truck were arrested after the vehicle overturned on a southbound road in Muang district on Wednesday morning.

Bangkok Post · Jan 18, 2023

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UN reports ‘alarming’ rise in Rohingya deaths at sea in 2022

More than 3,500 Rohingya refugees risked the dangerous sea crossing to escape Myanmar or Bangladesh last year.

Al Jazeera · Jan 17, 2023

Firms in Europe, US helping Myanmar manufacture arms, report says

Prominent rights experts urge countries to take action against companies enabling Myanmar’s weapons production.

Al Jazeera · Jan 16, 2023

Western firms facilitating production of Myanmar junta’s weapons, says report

Independent experts find western-supplied materials are still finding their way into military’s hands

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2023

Report: Myanmar arms industry growing after army takeover

A report says companies from at least 13 countries have helped Myanmar build up its capacity to produce weapons that are being used to commit atrocities

The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023

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No International-backed End in Sight to the Misery in Myanmar

The most likely outcome in Myanmar is that longstanding hesitation about entanglement in a wider war will discourage foreign players from taking more aggressive, interventionist approaches.

The News Lens · Jan 16, 2023

Myanmar shadow government raises $100 million to oppose junta

Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government said it has raised more than $100 million to fund its democracy effort and topple the junta.

Tribune News Service · Jan 16, 2023

Rohingya drown, govts fail to act

On Jan 8, a boat with 185 Rohingya refugees washed ashore on the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province. They had spent weeks at sea in desperate conditions, fleeing cramped and overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh in search of a better life. More than half were women and children.

Bangkok Post · Jan 15, 2023

Myanmar shadow government raises $100m to oppose junta

Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government said it has raised more than $100 million to fund its democracy effort and topple the junta.

Bangkok Post · Jan 15, 2023

1 dead after Myanmar rebels attack provincial celebration: junta

One person was killed and eight others wounded when rebels opposed to the ruling junta attacked a state celebration in eastern Myanmar on Sunday, the military said.

Bangkok Post · Jan 15, 2023

Israel's Cognyte won tender to 'sell intercept spyware to Myanmar' before coup

SINGAPORE: Israel's Cognyte Software Ltd won a tender to sell intercept spyware to a Myanmar state-backed telecommunications firm a month before the Asian nation's February 2021 military coup, according to documents reviewed by Reuters.

Bangkok Post · Jan 15, 2023

Israel's Cognyte won tender to sell intercept spyware to Myanmar before coup -documents

(This Jan. 15 story has been corrected to remove the reference that Sumitomo Corp and KDDI have stakes in MPT in paragraph 8)

Reuters · Jan 15, 2023

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Bangkok Post · Jan 14, 2023

Myanmar air strike kills five civilians

A mother and her toddler were among five people killed in a military air strike in eastern Myanmar, Karen rebels and an aid group said on Saturday.

The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2023

Relief groups say 5 die as Myanmar air strikes hit churches

Relief groups say air strikes by Myanmar’s military on two villages inhabited largely by ethnic Karen have killed five civilians, including a mother and her 2-year-old daughter, and destroyed two churches

Al Jazeera · Jan 13, 2023

India urged to close airspace to Myanmar warplanes after attacks

Fortify Rights said Myanmar’s air force ‘dropped bombs on both sides of the Myanmar-India border’ in raids this week.

The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023

Rights group: Litany of crises in 2022 but also good signs

A leading rights group says widespread opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine demonstrates the power of a unified response against human rights abuses

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ABC News · Jan 12, 2023

Australia's human rights credibility undermined by domestic record, new report finds

Human Rights Watch highlights more Indigenous Australians died in custody last year than in 2021, and that new laws targeting climate protesters resulted in harsher penalties against activists.

Al Jazeera · Jan 11, 2023

Did China deliver a snub to Myanmar’s military regime?

Observers see China keeping Myanmar’s generals at a distance by not responding to Lancang-Mekong Cooperation invite.

Bangkok Post · Jan 11, 2023

Myanmar junta chief family assets found in Thai drug raid

Thai officials found assets belonging to adult children of Myanmar’s junta leader during a raid on the Bangkok apartment of a Myanmar tycoon charged with drug trafficking and money laundering, according to an official record and two people with knowledge of the case.

Reuters · Jan 11, 2023

Exclusive: Myanmar junta chief family assets found in Thai drug raid - document

Thai officials found assets belonging to adult children of Myanmar's junta leader during a raid on the Bangkok apartment of a Myanmar tycoon charged with drug trafficking and money laundering, according to an official record and two people with knowledge of the case.

Bangkok Post · Jan 10, 2023

Gateways for action on Myanmar crisis

The coup in Myanmar in 2021 brought back to power a junta-based regime and compounded grave violations, adding fuel to a recurrent crisis. A constructive gateway for action in December 2022 was thus the adoption of the UN Security Council (SC) Resolution 2669, the first substantive resolution highlighting urgently needed…

Bangkok Post · Jan 10, 2023

Drug couriers killed, 300kg ketamine seized near border

CHIANG MAI: Six drug smugglers were killed and 300 kilogrammes of ketamine seized in a clash between soldiers and armed men in Fang district, which borders Shan State in Myanmar, on Monday.

Al Jazeera · Jan 10, 2023

Myanmar jails 112 Rohingya who tried to leave country

State media says group, including children, sent to prison for two to five years for not having documents.

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