A former newspaper columnist has been jailed for seven years in Myanmar over Facebook post criticizing the country’s leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Says Jailed Journalists Have Right to Appeal
Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday said 2 jailed Reuters journalists can appeal sentence and that their jailing had nothing to do with freedom of expression.
Questioning the Design of Burma’s Human Rights Commission
A new government commission investigating human rights abuses in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is being criticized by skeptics a day after it was announced.
Myanmar Democracy Activists Break Ranks With NLD Party
Driven by disappointment with government record, veteran activists in Myanmar are launching a new party
Cate Blanchett Slams Aung San Suu Kyi Over Rohingya Crisis
Australian actress Cate Blanchett says she is bewildered by Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s silence
VIDEO: Burma Government’s Rohingya Repression Still a Crisis
UN international probe investigates accusations of rape and murder committed by security forces
Myanmar Rebuffs International Spotlight and Rohingyas Suffer
Months ago a military offensive began among the Rohingyas in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
Following Political Reforms, Critical Burma Peace Talks Begin
Aung Suu Kyi kicks off Burma peace talks with plea for unity on concrete conference progress
A Look at Departing Burmese President Thein Sein
The reforms of departing Burmese President Thein Sein will likely be discussed for a long time
Decades of Burma Military Rule Ends With New Government
New civilian government is sworn in to finally end decades of repressive Burma military rule