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Rights group: Litany of crises in 2022 but also good signs

A leading rights group says widespread opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine demonstrates the power of a unified response against human rights abuses

The Independent UK

Australia's human rights credibility undermined by domestic record, new report finds

Human Rights Watch highlights more Indigenous Australians died in custody last year than in 2021, and that new laws targeting climate protesters resulted in harsher penalties against activists.

ABC News

Did China deliver a snub to Myanmar’s military regime?

Observers see China keeping Myanmar’s generals at a distance by not responding to Lancang-Mekong Cooperation invite.

Al Jazeera

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Myanmar junta chief family assets found in Thai drug raid

Thai officials found assets belonging to adult children of Myanmar’s junta leader during a raid on the Bangkok apartment of a Myanmar tycoon charged with drug trafficking and money laundering, according to an official record and two people with knowledge of the case.

Bangkok Post

Exclusive: Myanmar junta chief family assets found in Thai drug raid - document

Thai officials found assets belonging to adult children of Myanmar's junta leader during a raid on the Bangkok apartment of a Myanmar tycoon charged with drug trafficking and money laundering, according to an official record and two people with knowledge of the case.

Reuters

Gateways for action on Myanmar crisis

The coup in Myanmar in 2021 brought back to power a junta-based regime and compounded grave violations, adding fuel to a recurrent crisis. A constructive gateway for action in December 2022 was thus the adoption of the UN Security Council (SC) Resolution 2669, the first substantive resolution highlighting urgently needed…

Bangkok Post

Drug couriers killed, 300kg ketamine seized near border

CHIANG MAI: Six drug smugglers were killed and 300 kilogrammes of ketamine seized in a clash between soldiers and armed men in Fang district, which borders Shan State in Myanmar, on Monday.

Bangkok Post

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Myanmar jails 112 Rohingya who tried to leave country

State media says group, including children, sent to prison for two to five years for not having documents.

Al Jazeera

Global action is needed to topple Myanmar’s criminal junta boss

From brutal murders and military parades to jailed opponents, Min Aung Hlaing is true to the tyrant’s playbook. The worldwide fight for democracy has to be fought here

The Guardian - UK

Tourist map expands to Doi Kloselo

Doi Kloselo in Mae Hong Son's Sop Moei district will be developed into a tourist attraction in what is seen as a move from locals to oppose the planned construction of a hydropower dam in the Salween River, locals say.

Bangkok Post

Police stop nearly 90 cattle being smuggled from Myanmar

Border Patrol Police operating in Prachuap Khiri Khan province seized nearly 90 cattle being smuggled into Thailand from Myanmar on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

29 illegal migrants crammed inside van, four smugglers arrested

SONGKHLA: Twenty-nine illegal migrants from Myanmar crammed in a van and four members of a smuggling gang were arrested in Bang Klam district of this southern border province on Friday night.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar junta discusses elections with ethnic groups

Myanmar’s military junta is holding talks with three ethnic rebel groups on staging elections in areas they control, a rebel spokesman said on Friday, as the military prepares for polls the United States has said will be a “sham.”

Bangkok Post

'I will be a journalist until the end'

'The saying 'journalism is not a crime' does not work here. It's the opposite. We [journalists] are afraid of everything. We have to worry about everything," says Ma Khine, who has been in working in news for eight years now.

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Ex-minister among those freed in Myanmar amnesty

Myanmar’s military junta has freed a former minister in the ousted government of Aung Sang Suu Kyi and a well-known writer among political detainees given amnesty to mark the country’s independence day, according to relatives and media.

Reuters

Former minister, writer among Myanmar prisoners freed in amnesty

Myanmar's junta has freed a former minister in the ousted government of Aung Sang Suu Kyi and a well-known writer among political detainees given amnesty to mark the country's independence day, according to relatives and media.

Bangkok Post

Condo transfers dominated by Chinese nationals in 2022

Despite travel restrictions on the mainland, Chinese nationals still dominated condo transfers in Thailand last year, with the number of Myanmar nationals receiving condo transfers increasing to reach the top 10 for the first time due to economic and political reasons.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar’s military honours anti-Muslim monk, frees prisoners

Wirathu has long been known for his ultranationalist, anti-Muslim rhetoric, particularly against Myanmar’s Rohingya.

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Myanmar junta hails white elephant

Though it is a pariah on the world stage and battling fierce domestic opposition to its rule, Myanmar’s junta has found grounds for optimism — the birth of a rare albino elephant.

The Independent UK

Myanmar army leader touts election plan on Independence Day

Myanmar’s ruling military leader, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, has described plans for an election later this year and called for national unity in a speech as he led a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of independence from Britain

Reuters

Myanmar junta to free more than 7,000 prisoners under amnesty -MRTV

Myanmar's military government will release 7,012 prisoners under an amnesty to mark the Southeast Asian country's independence day, state broadcaster MRTV reported on Wednesday.

Reuters

Myanmar junta to free more than 7,000 prisoners under amnesty

Myanmar's military government will release 7,012 prisoners under an amnesty to mark the country's independence day, state broadcaster MRTV reported on Wednesday, as the junta chief praised some countries for maintaining support for his nation.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar marks Independence Day with show of force, mass pardons

Myanmar's junta announced an amnesty for 7,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day on Wednesday following a show of force in the capital, days after increasing democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi's jail term to 33 years.

Bangkok Post

'Buddhist bin Laden' monk feted by Myanmar junta chief

A firebrand monk dubbed the "Buddhist bin Laden" for his role in stirring up religious hatred in Myanmar received a national award on Tuesday, with the junta saluting his work in the country.

Bangkok Post

Indonesia's Asean chair faces challenges

Over the course of 25 years of democratic transformation that followed the Suharto era, whenever Indonesia served as the Asean chair, new ideas and plans seemed to mushroom.

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