Tag: Burma
“The army destroyed our dreams”: in Burma, these youth who fight the junta
The body of Thoo Rey lies under a survival blanket in a field hospital, a few kilometers from Demoso, a town in Kayah (Karenni) State, in eastern Myanmar. Two hours…
two years after the coup, the junta in search of legitimacy
This February 1 marks two years since the military seized power in Burma, imprisoning democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and sparking a brutal civil war that has left more…
The concern of political exiles after the reopening of the bridge between Thailand and Burma
The main bridge that connects Thailand to Burma reopened Thursday January 12 in the Thai city of Mae Sot, after three years of closure due to the combined effects of…
Burma: where is Aung San Suu Kyi in her long legal battle?
Twenty-six years in prison, and soon up to seventy-five more years for Aung San Suu Kyi? Early next week, a court controlled by the military regime will deliver its verdict…
In Burma, the civil war does not end: “The army burned six houses including ours”
Aye Sher has the unfathomable gaze of those who have seen their world crumble without warning. For this resident of the state of Kayah, in the south-east of Burma, the…
Russia and Burma, two countries ostracized from the international community, are getting closer
In the midst of a conflict with the West, Moscow is looking towards Asia. Among the guests of choice of the Russian Eastern Economic Forum organized in Vladivostok: Burma. The…
Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to six more years in prison
The Burmese junta tightens its grip against Aung San Suu Kyi. A military court sentenced the former leader to six years in prison on Monday August 15 for corruption. This…
two Rohingya leaders shot dead in refugee camp
In Bangladesh, two leaders of the Rohingya refugee community were shot dead in a camp that hosts nearly a million people belonging to this Muslim minority who fled Burma in…
Mega-fire in California, opponents executed in Burma … The tour of the international news
UNITED STATES The return of the mega-fires in the West A state of emergency was declared on July 23 in the face of a gigantic fire, dubbed “Oak Fire”, which…
Burmese junta executes prisoners, first death sentences in decades
The Burmese junta carried out the execution of four prisoners, the first in more than 30 years, despite local and international pressure to commute the sentences to life imprisonment. The…