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Myanmar
June 02, 2023
Cash Incentives and Coercion: The Controversial Strategy for Rohingya Repatriation
By Shafiur Rahman
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh report being offered $2,000 to return to Myanmar – and threatened with beatings if they do not.
May 15, 2023
Powerful Cyclone Floods Homes, Cuts Communications in Western Myanmar
By Julhas Alam
At least six are dead and more than 700 injured after Cyclone Mocha slammed into Myanmar’s coast.
May 05, 2023
Indonesia Works to Rescue 20 Trafficking Victims in Myanmar
By Niniek Karmini
Fake recruiters allegedly offered the Indonesian victims high-paying jobs in Thailand but instead trafficked them to Myawaddy in Myanmar.
February 22, 2023
The Diplomat Magazine Hits Issue 100
By Ankit Panda and Catherine Putz
The Diplomat reaches a milestone: reflecting on 100 issues of the magazine.
February 03, 2023
ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meet Under Shadow of Myanmar Crisis
By Niniek Karmini
Indonesia is setting up an office of an ASEAN special envoy on Myanmar in Jakarta to spearhead how the bloc deals with the crisis.
December 28, 2022
Displaced from Myanmar: Can’t Go Back and Can’t Go Forward
By Evan Jones
Despite the sizeable numbers of refugees from Myanmar within Asia, the overall protection environment remains flimsy.
December 13, 2022
Europe and ASEAN Should Work Together on Myanmar Crisis
By John Sifton
Neither the EU nor ASEAN can deal with the crisis in Myanmar alone, but together they can make a difference.
November 03, 2022
In Post-Coup Myanmar: ‘Death Squads’ and Extrajudicial Killings
By Manny Maung
Pro-junta armed groups that have claimed responsibility for of extrajudicial killings have faced no consequences in Myanmar.
October 12, 2022
Graft Convictions Extend Aung San Suu Kyi’s Prison Term to 26 Years
By Grant Peck
New convictions extend the NLD leader's prison term, an effort critics of the military government say is designed to keep her from contesting elections planned for 2023.
August 19, 2022
Myanmar’s Executions Have Turned the Country’s Struggle Into a Zero-Sum Game
By Minn Tent Bo
The recent resumption of executions has pushed the resistance movement in Myanmar into a zero-sum game with the military from which there can be no going back.
August 17, 2022
The ICC Must Engage With Myanmar’s Democratic Government and Hold the Junta to Account
By John Dugard, Chris Gunness, Tommy Thomas, Yuyun Wahyuningrum, and Ralph Wilde
There is no way the people of Myanmar will find justice in national courts. The international community must act.
August 15, 2022
Myanmar Executions Revive Pressure for More Sanctions
By Elaine Kurtenback
The U.S. Senate is inching toward passage of the Burma Act, which would pave the way for sanctions on Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE).
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