Junta chief to leave quake-stricken Myanmar for summit, aid groups clamour for access
Reuters Myanmar’s ostracised leader Min Aung Hlaing will leave his disaster-stricken country on Thursday for a rare trip to a regional summit, state TV said, as aid groups called for restrictions to be eased to reach survivors of a devastating earthquake. The 7.7 magnitude quake, one of the strongest to hit Myanmar in a century, […]
Myanmar central bank denies UN report on weapons transactions
Reuters Myanmar’s central bank denied a UN report that the country’s military government can still access money and weapons for its war against anti-coup forces, saying financial institutions under the bank’s supervision followed prescribed procedures. The Central Bank of Myanmar “expressed our strong objection to the UN Special Rapporteur’s report”, it said in a statement […]
Myanmar junta still able to access weapons and money overseas, says UN expert
Washington DC, US Reuters International efforts to isolate Myanmar’s ruling junta appear to have dented its ability to purchase new military equipment from overseas, but the military is still able to access money and weapons for its war against anti-coup forces, a UN expert said in a report published on Wednesday. Myanmar has been plunged […]
UN rights expert urges US to go further with sanctions against Myanmar junta
Washington DC, US Reuters The UN human rights expert for Myanmar on Wednesday called on the United States to further tighten sanctions on the country’s military rulers to include their main revenue source, the state oil and gas enterprise. UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews, a former member of the US Congress, also said it was […]
UN expert says Russia, China sending deadly aid to Myanmar’s military
Washington DC, US Reuters Myanmar’s military has imported at least $US1 billion in arms and other material since it staged a coup in February 2021, a UN expert said on Wednesday in a new report that calls out Russia and China for aiding the junta’s deadly campaign to crush its opposition. Since the military seized […]
As with Ukraine, a coalition should pressure Myanmar’s junta, UN expert says
United Nations Reuters Russian weapons being used in Ukraine are also killing people in Myanmar, an independent UN expert said on Wednesday, urging countries to form a coalition – just as they have on Moscow over Ukraine – to target and pressure Myanmar’s military junta. Myanmar has been in crisis since the army ousted leader […]
UN chief strongly condemns Myanmar executions; rights expert calls for sanctions
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned on Monday the execution of four democracy activists by Myanmar’s ruling military, a UN spokesperson said. “The Secretary-General reiterates his call for the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained prisoners, including President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi,” deputy UN spokesperson Farhan Haq […]
Pleas for help as Myanmar awaits high-profile executions
Reuters The wife of pro-democracy figure Kyaw Min Yu, sentenced to be executed on the orders of Myanmar’s ruling generals, says that if her husband dies he will take with him the beliefs he has carried throughout a life spent fighting dictatorship. Kyaw Min Yu, better known as Jimmy, and former lawmaker and hip-hop artist […]
Children killed, tortured in Myanmar junta’s crackdown, UN expert says
Reuters Scores of children have been killed in Myanmar since last year’s coup, not just in the crossfire of conflict but as deliberate targets of a military willing to inflict immense suffering, a United Nations expert said on Tuesday. Minors had been beaten and stabbed and had fingernails or teeth removed during interrogation, while some […]
Satellite evidence: Troops burn villages in Myanmar heartland, seek to crush resistance
WA LONE and POPPY MCPHERSON, of Reuters, report on how satellite images show widespread torching of villages in the central part of the country…