Aung San Suu Kyi

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Myanmar Still Using ‘same Tactics’ of Oppression As Junta

Myanmar is still using the same "tactics" to silence its people as the former junta, the UN's rights envoy said Friday,...

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Arrested Myanmar Journalists Slam Army Over Free Speech

Three Myanmar journalists who are facing jail for their reporting accused the army on Tuesday of trying to silence the...

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Three Killed In Rakhine Explosion

Three people, including two teenage boys, were killed by an explosion in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state on Saturday, a...

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Myanmar Farmers Stage Week-Long Protest Over Land Grabs

Hundreds of Myanmar farmers entered a seventh day of protest over land grabs on Wednesday, demanding the government...

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US Pressures Myanmar To Accept UN Rights Probe

US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday ramped up pressure on the Myanmar government to accept a UN fact-finding mission...

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Myanmar Workers In Thailand Victims of A Broken System

With only meagre belongings stuffed into backpacks and duffel bags, tens of thousands of Myanmar migrants have streamed...

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Designers Put Ethical Twist On Local Fashion

With Myanmar emerging as a manufacturing hub for mass-produced clothes, a crop of young designers are using home-grown...

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Rohingya Man Killed In Myanmar Buddhist Mob Attack

A Rohingya Muslim was stoned to death and six others wounded by a mob of Buddhists in the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine...

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Provocateur Ai Weiwei Taunts US With Activist Piece

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is blunt. When he wanted to make a political statement about crackdowns on dissent, he brought...

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Myanmar Govt Defends Detention of Journalists

Myanmar's civilian government on Wednesday defended the detention of three journalists who were reporting on an armed...

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Fears For Three Myanmar Journalists Taken By Military

Fears were mounting on Tuesday for three Myanmar journalists who are being interrogated by the military after they were...

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Myanmar’s Muslims Mark Ramadan Out In the Cold

Huddled under umbrellas to escape a thundering monsoon downpour, dozens of Muslims stood in line at a Yangon mosque for...

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Myanmar Forces Kill 3 In Raid On ‘terrorist Training Camps’

Myanmar security forces have killed three people in raids on "terrorist" training camps run by Rohingya Muslim...

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Myanmar Bars Rakhine Documentary From Film Festival

Myanmar's censors have barred a documentary on festering religious tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in...

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Kofi Annan, Patrick Awuah Among 100 Most Reputable People

Ghana’s Kofi Annan (a former UN Secretary General) and founder of the Ashesi University, Patrick Awuah, have been...

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Myanmar Child Servants Abused As Legal Protections Prove Elusive

Playing with a tiny kitten is the only thing that stops 13-year-old Myat Noe crying as she lies in a Yangon hospital,...

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Suu Kyi, Trudeau Talk Federalism For Myanmar

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi sat down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday to learn about...

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Suu Kyi To Consult Trudeau On Constitutional Reform

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi will travel to Canada next week to consult with Prime Minister Justin...

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Suu Kyi To Consult Trudeau On Constitutional Reform

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi will travel to Canada next week to consult with Prime Minister Justin...