Although detained by Myanmar’s military government on a slew of charges, ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was able to hold a small birthday celebration during a court appearance Monday, a legal official said.Suu Kyi, whose elected government was overthro…
Category: Human Rights
UNITED NATIONS,— The United Nations condemned the fatal shooting of a World Health Organization (WHO) employee in eastern Myanmar, the latest in a string of assassinations underlining the chaos in the country since last year’s coup.The UN and the WHO s…
- June 10, 2022
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Myanmar’s junta will execute a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party and a prominent democracy activist, both of whom were convicted of terrorism, in the country’s first judicial executions since 1990, a spokesman told VOA’s Burmese Service on …
- June 3, 2022
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India banned wheat exports without government approval Saturday after its hottest March on record hit production, in a blow to countries reeling from supply shortages and soaring prices since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The announcement drew sharp cri…
- May 14, 2022
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SYDNEY — Former Australian test cricketer Andrew Symonds has died after a single-vehicle auto accident near Townsville in northeast Australia. He was 46.Cricket Australia reported Symonds’ death on its website on Sunday, citing a police statement with …
- May 14, 2022
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Published by Kyodo News Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha met Monday to discuss the war in Ukraine and bolstering bilateral defense…
- May 2, 2022
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KUALA LUMPUR— Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah has voiced his concern over the latest development concerning the sentencing of the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, 76, on corruption charges.He said in his tweet posting commenting …
- April 28, 2022
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A court in Myanmar has delayed for one day the verdict in one of nearly a dozen corruption cases against Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s ousted de facto leader.The court did not give any reason why the verdict against Suu Kyi was postponed. Her trial h…
- April 26, 2022
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A court in Myanmar has delayed for one day the verdict in one of nearly a dozen corruption cases against Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s ousted de facto leader.The court did not give any reason why the verdict against Suu Kyi was postponed. Her trial h…
- April 26, 2022
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Sri Lankans protesting for days near the president’s office criticized a lack of progress in finding those responsible for the deaths of more than 260 people in Islamic State-inspired bombings on Easter Sunday three years ago, piling pressure on the go…
- April 17, 2022
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