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Myanmar’s opposition parties and ethnic separatists have formed a united front against the military junta.
Canada’s new Indo-Pacific strategy must include providing assistance to Rohingya women who have suffered sexual violence.
Sean Turnell was jailed for the ‘crime’ of doing an economist’s job, which is trying to make people’s lives better. Here’s how he was freed – and what comes next.
The killings are a tragic reminder of the costs of last year’s coup, and they’re exacerbating the pressures being felt by the regime at home and abroad.
The execution of four activists and opposition politicians is another part of the junta’s campaign of violence and repression in Myanmar.
Arrested on February 5, Sean Turnell awaits trial in Myanmar on charges he tried to leave the country with sensitive financial information.
Myanmar’s constitution provides for an independent legal system. In practice it is anything but.
What began in the 1940s as a revolutionary army created to liberate Myanmar from British colonial rule soon turned repressive. The country has been a military dictatorship on and off since 1962.
Beijing is shaping as an important player in the international effort to resolve the political situation in Myanmar.
After arresting Aung San Suu Kyi once again, the army is clearly not ready to relinquish control.
Equipped with rights, knowledge and skills, the global Rohingya diaspora is poised to be influential against the genocidal regime that seeks to erase their people.
Much of the devastation of our globe’s natural resources traces its origins to early colonialism. These relationships continue to define the extraction of resources that severely impact ecosystems.
In Myanmar, spousal abuse is legal and stigma stop most women from reporting sexual violence. A bill championed by feminists but long stalled in Parliament may soon give women their basic rights.
Gardening not only provides nutritious food, but a reminder of home for refugees.
Facebook is unwittingly helping fuel a genocide against the Rohingya people in Myanmar. Does Cuba’s internet model provide lessons to manage social media amid political chaos?
The persecution of the Rohingya goes back to 1948, the year when Myanmar achieved independence from the British.
Two genocide and mass atrocity prevention scholars argue Trump’s response to the Charlottesville attack is a red flag.
If the river islands are bombed away and if the riverscape is engineered into something more like a large artificial canal, then endangered species face extinction.
Long regarded as something approaching a saint, Myanmar’s de facto head of state appears to be running out of moral capital.
Top contributors
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Co-Deputy Director, Human Rights Centre and Co-Director of Postgraduate Studies, School of Law, University of Essex
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Visiting Fellow on Burma, Dept of Political & Social Change, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of World Cultures and Languages, Northern Illinois University
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Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
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Visiting professor, Mahidol University
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Senior Fellow at the ASEAN Studies Center, Universitas Gadjah Mada
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Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Universitas Gadjah Mada
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Associate Professor in International Development Studies, Dalhousie University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, University of East Anglia
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Exeter
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Rutgers University
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Associate Professor in International & Community Development, Deakin University
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Vice-Chancellor, James Cook University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Science Course Co-ordinator, Southern Cross University
