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Myanmar Junta in ‘Political and Military Cul-de-Sac’: Security Expert

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Interview

By The Irrawaddy

Janes’ Anthony Davis says Myanmar’s highly motivated PDFs have taken their resistance against an arrogant and ineffective Myanmar military into a crucial second phase.

Myanmar Unites in Demand to Spare Pro-Democracy Leaders

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Pro-democracy activists Ko Jimmy and Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw face the death sentence. The Irrawaddy joins the nation in demanding that they be allowed to live. 

Ex-Military Officers’ Books Offer Distorted History of Myanmar

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Analysis

By The Irrawaddy

Self-serving accounts by insiders are short on accuracy but offer some insight into the military’s blinkered view of its role in politics and national security.

Myanmar Junta Will Be Held Accountable for Democracy Activists’ Executions: Anti-Regime Groups

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Ex-UN officials, ousted MPs and EAOs have joined global condemnation of the regime’s announcement that it will carry out death sentences imposed on its political enemies. 

Myanmar Junta’s Nod for Activists’ Death Sentences Draws Global Ire

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Foreign govts and organizations have joined local groups in condemning the junta’s announcement that it will proceed with the executions of four anti-regime activists. 

Veteran Shan Democracy Campaigner Khun Tun Oo Dies

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Khun Tun Oo, the former Shan Nationalities League for Democracy chairman, has died of natural causes after a lifetime working to establish a federal democracy.

Junta Watch: Police to Face Front-Line Duty; Slain Informers ‘Honored’, and More

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Junta Watch

By The Irrawaddy

Also this week, the coup boss was praised as a savior and said there would be no vote until ‘terrorists’ are wiped out, and the generals paid respects to their elders.  

Junta Watch: ‘What Defections?’ Says Regime No. 2; ASEAN Envoy Throws His Hands Up, and More

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Junta Watch

By The Irrawaddy

Also this week, the junta said the NLD’s poll victories were social media propaganda, and responded to a US finding of genocide in Rakhine by blaming a few rogue troops.

Myanmar’s Dictator Shows Unparalleled Arrogance and Self-Regard 

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Commentary

By Naing Khit

Regime boss Min Aung Hlaing is also unrivaled in his brutality and cruelty, which exceed those of even his notorious predecessors Ne Win and Than Shwe.

The 60th Anniversary of the Myanmar Military’s First Coup is a Sad and Singular Occasion

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Guest Column

By David I. Steinberg

The military’s future role in politics needs to be appropriate for a country where governance must be based on the people and their rights. 

KIA Chief Demands Myanmar Shadow Govt Commitment to Federal Democracy

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The Kachin Independence Army has marked the 75th anniversary of the 1947 Panglong Agreement by demanding the National Unity Government revive its federal vision.

Myanmar Junta Fails the Sovereignty Test

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Guest Column

By Thitinan Pongsudhirak

A year after the coup, the regime has no popular support, lacks territorial control and global legitimacy, and its diplomats are barred from international meetings.

One Year Ago, Myanmar’s Military Passed a Point of No Return

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Commentary

By Naing Khit

The disastrous events triggered by the coup have convinced Myanmar’s people there can be no place for the current military institution in their country’s future.

Myanmar Junta Sentences Lawmaker From Suu Kyi’s Party to Death

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Burma

By AFP

A regime tribunal handed death sentences to U Phyo Zeyar Thaw, a former National League for Democracy MP, and activist Ko Jimmy for violating the counterterrorism act.

Rise of Rakhine Rebels Poses Challenge for Myanmar Junta

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Guest Column

By Bertil Lintner

The Arakan Army has used the ceasefire with regime forces in Rakhine State in western Myanmar to establish its own separate administration.