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Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:28:36 +0900 en-US How to Stop the Myanmar Junta’s War on Its People https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/how-to-stop-the-myanmar-juntas-war-on-its-people/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/how-to-stop-the-myanmar-juntas-war-on-its-people/ Is Rohingya Repatriation Finally Moving Forward? https://thediplomat.com/2023/05/is-rohingya-repatriation-finally-moving-forward/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/05/is-rohingya-repatriation-finally-moving-forward/ Challenges Advancing Gender Equality in Myanmar’s Karenni State https://thediplomat.com/2023/05/challenges-advancing-gender-equality-in-myanmars-karenni-state/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/05/challenges-advancing-gender-equality-in-myanmars-karenni-state/ Myanmar’s Victims and Survivors Deserve Justice https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/myanmars-victims-and-survivors-deserve-justice/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/myanmars-victims-and-survivors-deserve-justice/ At Least 50 Killed in Airstrike on Resistance Stronghold in Central Myanmar https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/at-least-50-killed-in-airstrike-on-resistance-stronghold-in-central-myanmar/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/at-least-50-killed-in-airstrike-on-resistance-stronghold-in-central-myanmar/ Should Myanmar Be Declared a Failed State? https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/should-myanmar-be-declared-a-failed-state/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/should-myanmar-be-declared-a-failed-state/ ICC Asked to Expand Investigations After Further Massacres in Myanmar https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/icc-asked-to-expand-investigations-after-further-massacres-in-myanmar/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/icc-asked-to-expand-investigations-after-further-massacres-in-myanmar/ More Grim Tidings From Myanmar https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/more-grim-tidings-from-myanmar/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/more-grim-tidings-from-myanmar/ Foreign Firms Still Aiding Aviation Fuel Shipments to Myanmar Military https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/foreign-firms-still-aiding-aviation-fuel-shipments-to-myanmar-military/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/foreign-firms-still-aiding-aviation-fuel-shipments-to-myanmar-military/ In War-Torn Karenni State, Civilians Bear the Brunt of the Junta’s Attacks https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/in-war-torn-karenni-state-civilians-bear-the-brunt-of-the-juntas-attacks/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/in-war-torn-karenni-state-civilians-bear-the-brunt-of-the-juntas-attacks/ The United States Risks Being Complicit in the Myanmar Junta’s Atrocities https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/the-united-states-risks-being-complicit-in-the-myanmar-juntas-atrocities/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/the-united-states-risks-being-complicit-in-the-myanmar-juntas-atrocities/ Myanmar: Last Chance Before the Final Curtain Drops https://thediplomat.com/2023/01/myanmar-last-chance-before-the-final-curtain-drops/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/01/myanmar-last-chance-before-the-final-curtain-drops/ How International Legal Interventions Can Help Pressure Myanmar’s Military https://thediplomat.com/2023/01/how-international-legal-interventions-can-help-pressure-myanmars-military/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/01/how-international-legal-interventions-can-help-pressure-myanmars-military/ Rights Group Files Complaint in Germany Against Myanmar’s Generals https://thediplomat.com/2023/01/rights-group-files-complaint-in-germany-against-myanmars-generals/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/01/rights-group-files-complaint-in-germany-against-myanmars-generals/ Myanmar Junta Sentences Former NLD Lawmaker to 148 Years in Prison https://thediplomat.com/2022/11/myanmar-junta-sentences-former-nld-lawmaker-to-148-years-in-prison/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/11/myanmar-junta-sentences-former-nld-lawmaker-to-148-years-in-prison/ Hasina’s Pitch for Solving the Rohingya Crisis https://thediplomat.com/2022/10/hasinas-pitch-for-solving-the-rohingya-crisis/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/10/hasinas-pitch-for-solving-the-rohingya-crisis/ Dissident Myanmar Supermodel Granted Asylum in Canada https://thediplomat.com/2022/09/dissident-myanmar-supermodel-granted-asylum-in-canada/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/09/dissident-myanmar-supermodel-granted-asylum-in-canada/ Witnesses: Myanmar Air Attack Kills 13, Including 7 Children https://thediplomat.com/2022/09/witnesses-myanmar-air-attack-kills-13-including-7-children/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/09/witnesses-myanmar-air-attack-kills-13-including-7-children/ Myanmar Junta Arrests Former UK Ambassador on Immigration Charges https://thediplomat.com/2022/08/myanmar-junta-arrests-former-uk-ambassador-on-immigration-charges/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/08/myanmar-junta-arrests-former-uk-ambassador-on-immigration-charges/ In Myanmar, We Pay With Our Lives for the Choices of World Leaders https://thediplomat.com/2022/07/in-myanmar-we-pay-with-our-lives-for-the-choices-of-world-leaders/ 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https://thediplomat.com/2022/06/myanmar-junta-carrying-out-genocide-by-attrition-in-rakhine-state-report/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/06/myanmar-junta-carrying-out-genocide-by-attrition-in-rakhine-state-report/ Myanmar Military Junta Says Criticisms of Executions ‘Irresponsible and Reckless’ https://thediplomat.com/2022/06/myanmar-military-junta-says-criticisms-of-executions-irresponsible-and-reckless/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/06/myanmar-military-junta-says-criticisms-of-executions-irresponsible-and-reckless/ Fighting the Fear: The Execution of Members of Myanmar’s Opposition Must be Stopped https://thediplomat.com/2022/06/fighting-the-fear-the-execution-of-members-of-myanmars-opposition-must-be-stopped/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/06/fighting-the-fear-the-execution-of-members-of-myanmars-opposition-must-be-stopped/ Myanmar Junta to Carry out Death Sentences Against Activist, NLD Lawmaker 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