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Burma
EDF has suspended the $1.5-billion-plus Shweli-3 project in Shan State in line with international rights norms amid the regime’s use of lethal force against protesters.
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Commentary
The young protesters’ determination to defeat the regime is summed up in their motto: ‘They Die, or They Die!’
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Analysis
The recent UN General Assembly meeting reflected the strong international support for civil resistance to the Myanmar coup—and the lack of it in neighboring countries.
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Burma
Civil servants and doctors have gone into hiding, while others have been detained and their whereabouts are unknown to their families.
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Commentary
For most people in Myanmar, since Feb. 1 life has become a cycle of fear, anger—occasional laughter—and determination to end the dictatorship.
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Commentary
The current popular uprising has the same goal as its failed predecessors—to end military rule. This time, however, conditions are different in several crucial ways.
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Burma
The military government is reportedly drafting a new cyber law that would place all individual electronic data and social media accounts under surveillance.
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Burma
Creatively dressed protesters in Yangon brought wit and flair to the rallies amid a relatively low-key police presence, following bloody crackdowns a day earlier.
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Burma
The 20-year-old was taking cover under a bus shelter when she was shot Tuesday; doctors treating her at a Naypyitaw hospital refused to hand her over to the military.
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Burma
Washington and the UN office in Yangon urged the military not to use force against protesters, and called for the restoration of democracy and respect for human rights.
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Commentary
In taking to the streets, the people are asking for nothing more than what was stolen from them. Will they once again pay for this simple demand in blood?
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Commentary
It is tempting to savor the irony of Washington being lectured on democracy and rule of law, but we must hope a chastened US will again lead the free world by example.
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Dateline
The Irrawaddy discusses the year just ended and the challenges facing the country in the year that has just begun.
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Burma
The woman's disclosure on Facebook prompted an officer to sue her under Article 505(a) for undermining Myanmar’s armed forces.
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Asia
Hong Kong democracy activists Agnes Chow and Joshua Wong have been jailed for 10 and 13.5 months respectively for their roles in an unauthorized protest last year.
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