The Irrawaddy Magazine

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• Myanmar Workers at International Joint-Venture Construction Site Strike for Unpaid Wages
• COVID-19 and Security Issues Hamper Myanmar’s Efforts to List Mrauk-U with UN
• Myanmar’s Military Asked to Ensure Rakhine IDP Safety
• Myanmar Still Lacks a Meaningful Definition of  ‘Political Prisoner’
• Myanmar Military Files Defamation Charge against NLD Lawmaker
• Six Members of Rebel Group Along Myanmar-Indian Border Charged With Unlawful Association

Myanmar Workers at International Joint-Venture Construction Site Strike for Unpaid Wages Posted: 19 Jan 2021 05:49 AM PST Yoma Central strikers say they are not being paid their wages or social-security allowances.

COVID-19 and Security Issues Hamper Myanmar’s Efforts to List Mrauk-U with UN Posted: 19 Jan 2021 03:52 AM PST The government began the process of naming Mrauk-U as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2019 only for the historic capital to be damaged in fighting with the Arakan Army.

Myanmar’s Military Asked to Ensure Rakhine IDP Safety Posted: 19 Jan 2021 03:20 AM PST More than 12,000 displaced Rakhine villagers say they are ready to return to their homes but are demanding protection and troop withdrawals.

Myanmar Still Lacks a Meaningful Definition of  ‘Political Prisoner’ Posted: 18 Jan 2021 11:23 PM PST Unclear laws and arbitrary language have allowed the government to suppress dissent, moving the march for human rights backwards.

Myanmar Military Files Defamation Charge against NLD Lawmaker Posted: 18 Jan 2021 09:49 PM PST The Northern Command says a report sent to the President on illegal mines wrongly accused the Tatmadaw of accepting bribes.

Six Members of Rebel Group Along Myanmar-Indian Border Charged With Unlawful Association Posted: 18 Jan 2021 09:20 PM PST Meitei rebels in the People's Liberation Army of Manipur also face charges of violating immigration laws.

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