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Rosalia Sciortino has made Southeast Asia her home and as an anthropologist and development sociologist is a prime mover in improving local and international awareness about the crisis in Myanmar. ....
On April 7th, a court under the Military Council sentenced Reverend Bishop Doctor Hkalam Sam Sonu, former Chairman of Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC), to six years in prison. A lawyer who represented him told Myitkyina News Journal that Doctor Hkalam Sam Sonu was sentenced to a total of six years in prison, with a two-year sentence for violating Section 17(1), a one-year ....
Sun Lin China's stand on Myanmar has always been very complex and multi-faceted. More than two years have passed since the coup, yet there are no indications of the Tatmadaw holding elections in the country. China has done little to pressure the military junta to hold elections, although it has been a major ally and arms supplier to the internationally isolated junta. It has no intention of pressuring the military junta to end violence against pro-democracy groups and restore a democratically elected government. ....