Rights groups have urged the international community to pressure Myanmar's military to reverse its decision to execute 10 people, a move observers say comes as a response to the killings of high-ranking soldiers by anti-coup fighters. Those on death row include seven students from Dagon University who reportedly participated in anti-coup protests and in the resistance against the junta's rule,.
FORMER senator Leila de Lima does not belong in jail, Asean parliamentarians and local labor groups said in separate statement on Sunday, hours after one of three men trying to escape from a police custodial center held her hostage. See main story above. “The hostage ordeal suffered by former Senator…
ANN/STRAITS TIMES – Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah again urged Asean to engage with Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) to help resolve the country’s political crisis, after hosting a meeting with the shadow government’s leaders on Monday. Speaking alongside NUG’s Minister of Human Rights Aung Myo Min and Minister of Communications, Information and Technology Htin […]