Essay: We must not stop until we see change in Myanmar
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, says a far more co-ordinated and comprehensive response is needed on Myanmar, one which includes a full global arms embargo against the military, and co-ordinated, targeted sanctions against its enterprises…
Essay: Top democracy activists were executed in Myanmar – four key things to know
US-based scholar of Myanmar politics and culture, THARAPHI THAN, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the execution this week of four pro-democracy activists in Myanmar…
Myanmar defends executions as “justice for the people” as condemnation grows
Reuters Myanmar’s ruling military on Tuesday defended its execution of four democracy activists as “justice for the people”, brushing off a deluge of international condemnation including from its closest neighbours. The military, which seized power in a coup last year, announced on Monday it had executed the activists for aiding “terror acts” by a civilian […]
Updated: Myanmar junta condemned for execution of four democracy activists
Updated: 10:45pm (AEST)Reuters Myanmar’s military junta on Monday said it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out “terror acts” in the South-East Asian nation’s first executions in decades, sparking widespread condemnation. Sentenced to death in closed-door trials in January and April, the four men had been accused of helping militias to […]
Pleas for help as Myanmar awaits high-profile executions
Reuters The wife of pro-democracy figure Kyaw Min Yu, sentenced to be executed on the orders of Myanmar’s ruling generals, says that if her husband dies he will take with him the beliefs he has carried throughout a life spent fighting dictatorship. Kyaw Min Yu, better known as Jimmy, and former lawmaker and hip-hop artist […]