Friday, October 29, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Grudges and Military Oppression: Key Themes in Modern Myanmar’s Legal History

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 07:11 AM PDT

Almost all of the high-profile cases since independence have involved persecution by the military, or the trial of someone trying to kill a military dictator.

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Myanmar Junta Jails NLD Patron for 20 Years for High Treason

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 06:24 AM PDT

The 80-year-old U Win Htein of the National League for Democracy is the first member of the party to receive a lengthy jail term.

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Myanmar Civilian Government Forms Military Command Structure

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 05:58 AM PDT

The NUG is looking to coordinate between the People's Defense Forces and ethnic armed groups to take on the junta.

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Myanmar Junta Forces Again Use Civilians as Human Shields

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 05:52 AM PDT

Blindfolded and tied together with a rope, detained villagers were forced to march in front of a military column in a village in Pekon Township, Shan State.

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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Condemns Myanmar Junta Gag Orders on Her Lawyers

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 04:49 AM PDT

The detained State Counselor's legal team have been barred from speaking to the media, which legal experts describe as a violation of the right to an open trial.

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Another 25 Myanmar Junta Soldiers Killed in Upcountry Clashes

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 03:15 AM PDT

After 60 regime troops were killed on Wednesday in Kawlin Township, Sagaing Region, civilian resistance groups say that another 25 soldiers also died in Kawlin the next day.

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