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Burma
Migrant factory workers in Mae Sot are struggling to pay rent and buy food, and lack proper access to health care, rights organizations trying to assist them say.
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Guest Column
The US downgrade of Thailand to ‘Tier 2 Watch List’ ignores progress such as the registration of 250,000 Myanmar workers, who now receive protection and welfare benefits.
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Guest Column
Economic interests and the bloc’s adherence to noninterference continue to overwhelm any qualms that may exist regarding the junta’s violence and rights violations.
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Burma
Pyae Lyan Aung, who is with the Myanmar national football team for a World Cup qualifier in Japan, said he would seek refugee status in the country.
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Guest Column
Those who hope for direct US intervention in Myanmar should note that Responsibility to Protect is an afterthought among global powers, and Washington is no exception.
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Burma
The mother of wanted activists was jailed; a USDP member was shot dead in Sagaing; troops killed three people in Magwe; and blasts occurred in Yangon, Chin and Magwe.
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Burma
The striking professors and administrators from 15 universities are included on lists of ‘absent’ educators sent to the junta by rectors.
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Burma
Speaking via video from house arrest, she told a court Monday she has yet to meet her counsel face to face; such meetings are a right under the military’s own charter.
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Editorial
In Jakarta, the bloc didn’t simply fail to condemn the junta and back the people—it bought the generals more time to move ahead with their corrupt and repressive agenda.
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Burma
Ma Khin Nyein Thu, who was arrested in connection with a deadly blast in Yangon, endures daily beatings and torture and is being denied medical attention, a witness said.
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Guest Column
If the voices of the people of Myanmar, and the region, are ignored at today’s summit, ASEAN will forgo its very raison d'être.
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Commentary
A choice awaits the bloc at its summit in Jakarta; support the Myanmar people’s struggle against the regime or share responsibility for its crimes against humanity.
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Interview
The priority for the international community must be to find a solution to the crisis that benefits the people of Myanmar, former envoy Scot Marciel tells The Irrawaddy.
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Guest Column
ASEAN’s failure to act in the face of atrocities in Myanmar makes a mockery of its promise to promote regional peace and prosperity.
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Guest Column
Now forced to work undercover, Myanmar’s news media continue to expose the regime’s crimes for the world to see, while inspiring those at home to resist the dictatorship.
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