Unsung Hero of Myanmar’s ’88 Uprising Dies of COVID-19
The Irrawaddy revisits a 2014 profile of U Nay Min, who kept the world informed of the military’s brutal crackdown on democracy protesters in 1988 and was later jailed.
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By The Irrawaddy 17 July 2021
U Nay Min, an unsung hero of Myanmar’s pro-democracy uprising in 1988, died of COVID-19 at the age of 75 on Friday night.
He served as an unofficial stringer supplying information about the protests and government crackdowns in 1988 to Christopher Gunness from the BBC’s World Service, who was based in neighboring Bangladesh as an international correspondent.
For his reporting he was arrested twice, spending 16 years in prison. The BBC later appointed him as its Myanmar correspondent, but he never received the appointment letter sent via the British Embassy in Yangon, as he had been arrested and imprisoned.
Responding to Myanmar’s Junta: An Alternative to Sanctions and Boycotts
Coup leader Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing participates in the Armed Forces Day parade in Naypyitaw in March. / Commander-in-Chief of Defense Services’ Office
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By Bertil Lintner 11 May 2021
It has long been argued that sanctions against rogue regimes such as Myanmar’s military dictatorships are ineffectual and may hurt ordinary people more than those responsible for the acts that made outside powers take action against them. That would also apply for so-called “smart sanctions”, which in the case of Myanmar would mean freezing the generals’ non-existent foreign bank accounts or barring entry to Western nations they have no intention of traveling to. And any attempt to bring the generals to face charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) or the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are bound to fail because China and Russia would block necessary UN Security Council resolutions for the latter t
Myanmar Junta Faces UK Legal Action over Claims to Ambassadorial Home in London
Myanmar’s Embassy in central London last month.
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By The Irrawaddy 5 May 2021
A British NGO has launched a legal case against Myanmar’s coup leaders over their claim to the ambassadorial residence and attempts to evict Myanmar’s former ambassador, who opposes the regime.
U Kyaw Zwar Minn, the ex-ambassador to Myanmar, was locked out of his embassy by his deputy, U Chit Win, early last month after criticizing the regime and calling for the release of State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Since its February coup, Myanmar’s military has killed more than 760 people.
Stewart, Gunn, Duncomb remain committed to IU in early wins for Woodson
DYLAN SINN | The Journal Gazette
New Indiana coach Mike Woodson s first job is to re-recruit his own players. He s off to a good start.
The Hoosiers got two pieces of good news tonight, when former Tennessee-Martin guard Parker Stewart pulled his name out of the transfer portal and returned to Indiana and class of 2022 commit C.J. Gunn, a four-star guard out of Lawrence North, re-affirmed his commitment to the Hoosiers after speaking with Woodson.
In addition, incoming freshman Logan Duncomb, a four-star recruit in the 2021 class from Cincinnati, told Inside the Hall that he remains committed to Indiana and plans to get to campus for the first time in June. That decision was less surprising, since Duncomb had said he thought Woodson was an awesome hire when it was announced.
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