Etiket: Burma
Burma | Aung Suu Kyi sentenced for corruption to five additional years in prison
(Rangoon) Former Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi, already sentenced to six years in prison, received an additional five-year prison sentence on Wednesday for corruption, a source familiar with the…
Burma: Suu Kyi sentenced for corruption to five additional years in prison
The Burmese junta is tightening its grip on Aung San Suu Kyi: the former leader was sentenced on Wednesday to an additional five years in prison during a river trial,…
Burma announces the release of more than 1,600 prisoners
Burma’s ruling military junta announced it would release more than 1,600 prisoners on Sunday to mark the Buddhist New Year, but did not specify whether they were common criminals or…
Burma: junta leader promises to “annihilate” opponents
Myanmar’s junta leader vowed to ‘annihilate’ opponents of the regime in a speech Sunday on ‘Armed Forces Day’, the scene of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests last year .…
Burma will reopen to foreign tourists
(Rangoon) Burma will resume international passenger flights from April 17, the army announced on Saturday, after two years of closure to foreign tourists. Posted at 9:30 a.m. “We will reopen…
Burma: Washington claims that the military committed genocide against the Rohingyas
The United States has deemed the violence committed by the military in Burma against the Rohingya minority to be genocide and crimes against humanity, a US official told AFP on…
Burma | Military junta committed genocide against Rohingya, Washington says
(Washington) The United States has deemed the violence committed by the military in Burma against the Rohingya minority to be genocide and crimes against humanity, a US official told AFP…
Burma to reopen to foreign tourists
Burma will resume international passenger flights from April 17, the army announced on Saturday, after two years of closure to foreign tourists. “We will reopen all international flights on April…
Burma: crash of a military plane following “a technical failure”, the pilot wanted
Yangon | A Burmese army plane crashed in the north of the country on Wednesday morning following “a technical failure”, the junta’s information team said in a statement. The search…
Burma | The junta will pardon 814 prisoners
(Rangoon) The military junta in Burma announced on Saturday that it would release more than 800 prisoners as part of an amnesty on the occasion of Union Day. Posted at…
Burma: thousands of people flee the junta
Posted on 02/01/2022 20:53 FRANCE 2 Article written by H. Abdelkhalek, V. Reynaud, Y. Mone – France 2 France Televisions It has been a year that Aung San suu Kyi…
UN asks for $826 million to help Burma, a record for this country
Some 14.4 million people need humanitarian aid, including five million children. Article written by Published on 02/01/2022 1:24 p.m. Update on 02/01/2022 13:59 Reading time : 1 min. The UN…
One year after the coup in Burma | Opponents of the junta call for a silent strike
(Rangoon) Burma’s streets and businesses emptied on Tuesday, a silent strike to mark the first anniversary of the coup, as the UN and Washington step up pressure on the generals.…
Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi indicted for “pressure on the electoral commission”
yangon | Ex-Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi, already sentenced to six years in prison by the junta, has been charged again, this time accused of pressuring the electoral commission…
Junta in Burma | Hit where it hurts
The sanctions against the junta which took power a year ago in Burma are largely insufficient. But things are starting to change. Too quietly, in the eyes of the defenders…
Burma | Everything must be done to avoid a civil war, urges China
(United Nations) We must avoid “more violence” and “a civil war” in Burma, the Chinese ambassador to the UN said on Friday after a meeting of the Security Council during…
Hundreds of monks flee fighting in Burma
(Rangoon) Hundreds of monks have fled their monastery in eastern Burma to escape intense fighting between the army and anti-junta rebel groups, witnesses told AFP on Sunday. Posted at 8:50…
Burma | Aung San Suu Kyi Sentenced to Four More Years in Prison
(Rangoon) The Burmese junta is still tightening its grip on Aung San Suu Kyi: the former leader was sentenced Monday to four years in prison in one part of her…
Burma: four more years in prison against Aung San Suu Kyi
The Burmese junta is still tightening its grip on Aung San Suu Kyi: the former leader was sentenced Monday to four years in prison in one part of her trial,…
After a massacre | Washington calls for an arms embargo on Burma
(Washington) The United States on Tuesday renewed its call to impose an arms embargo on Burma, following a massacre blamed on the military in which two members of the NGO…