UN rights expert urges US to go further with sanctions against Myanmar junta
Washington DC, US Reuters The UN human rights expert for Myanmar on Wednesday called on the United States to further tighten sanctions on the country’s military rulers to include their main revenue source, the state oil and gas enterprise. UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews, a former member of the US Congress, also said it was […]
UN expert says Russia, China sending deadly aid to Myanmar’s military
Washington DC, USReuters Myanmar’s military has imported at least $US1 billion in arms and other material since it staged a coup in February 2021, a UN expert said on Wednesday in a new report that calls out Russia and China for aiding the junta’s deadly campaign to crush its opposition. Since the military seized power […]
As with Ukraine, a coalition should pressure Myanmar’s junta, UN expert says
United NationsReuters Russian weapons being used in Ukraine are also killing people in Myanmar, an independent UN expert said on Wednesday, urging countries to form a coalition – just as they have on Moscow over Ukraine – to target and pressure Myanmar’s military junta. Myanmar has been in crisis since the army ousted leader Aung […]
UN chief strongly condemns Myanmar executions; rights expert calls for sanctions
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned on Monday the execution of four democracy activists by Myanmar’s ruling military, a UN spokesperson said. “The Secretary-General reiterates his call for the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained prisoners, including President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi,” deputy UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said […]
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 […]
Children killed, tortured in Myanmar junta’s crackdown, UN expert says
Reuters Scores of children have been killed in Myanmar since last year’s coup, not just in the crossfire of conflict but as deliberate targets of a military willing to inflict immense suffering, a United Nations expert said on Tuesday. Minors had been beaten and stabbed and had fingernails or teeth removed during interrogation, while some […]
Satellite evidence: Troops burn villages in Myanmar heartland, seek to crush resistance
WA LONE and POPPY MCPHERSON, of Reuters, report on how satellite images show widespread torching of villages in the central part of the country…