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China wants instability in Myanmar: Southeast Asia expert Bertil Lintner
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): China wants instability in Myanmar, and wishes to remain a major controlling player in the politics of the Southeast Asian country, said veteran journalist and regional expert Bertil Lintner on Monday.
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Myanmar military atrocities laid bare in gruesome footage: report
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], July 5 (ANI): Shocking footage has recently emerged on social media of brutal killings allegedly in Myanmar's Sagaing Region where a United Nations investigator has documented apparent war crimes by the Myanmar military, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Myanmar's multi-pronged crises have 'deepened, expanded dramatically'
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], June 14 (ANI): The political crisis unleashed in Myanmar following the February 1 military coup last year, has "opened new frontlines that had long been at peace," according to UN special envoy Noeleen Heyzer.
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UN experts alarmed over Myanmar junta's decision to enforce death sentence
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 11 (ANI): The Myanmar junta's announced decision to enforce death sentences against four individuals, including two prominent activists, marks the start of what could be a spate of death pronouncements, two UN experts have warned.
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US condemns Myanmar's military plans to execute pro-democracy, opposition
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], June 6 (ANI): The US on Sunday (local time) condemned Myanmar military regime's reported plans to execute pro-democracy and opposition leaders.
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Myanmar to see first executions in decades: Reports
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], June 5 (ANI): Marking the first judicial executions in Myanmar in decades, two people will be executed in the country by the military junta, CNN reported citing the junta on Saturday.
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Canada imposes sanctions against individuals, entities responsible for sup
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], March 26 (ANI): Canada is imposing sanctions on individuals and entities responsible for procuring weapons to the military authorities in Myanmar, Global Affairs Canada said in a statement on Friday.
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UK announces new sanctions against Myanmar military ahead of Myanmar Armed
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], March 25 (ANI): Two individuals and three companies responsible for supplying the Myanmar military regime with weapons and equipment have been sanctioned, the UK Government has announced on Friday.
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Intl Labour Organization to probe rights violation in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 25 (ANI): The governing body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) has decided to establish a Commission of Inquiry in respect of the non-observance of International Labour Standards in Myanmar following the military coup in February 2021.
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Human rights in Myanmar face 'profound crisis'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 22 (ANI): Amidst a "profound crisis" facing access to basic human rights in Myanmar, the UN's top rights official on Monday said that hundreds of localized armed resistance groups have now formed across the country, triggering "widespread violence in areas that were prev
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Myanmar: US recognizes genocide against Rohingya
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 22 (ANI): The United States has formally determined that the Myanmar military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State.
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US to declare Myanmar junta committed genocide against Rohingya
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 21 (ANI): The United States is set to declare that the Myanmar military's violence against the Rohingya minority amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity, media reports said on Sunday.
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