Thursday, February 24, 2022

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Myanmar Junta Threatens to Disband Two Major Parties After They Refuse to Submit Financial Records

Posted: 24 Feb 2022 06:11 AM PST

The regime's electoral body said the NLD and SNLD have until March 9 to present their accounts for inspection or face dissolution; both parties have refused to comply.

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Cambodian, Malaysian PMs Call on Myanmar Junta to Implement ASEAN Consensus

Posted: 24 Feb 2022 04:41 AM PST

Current ASEAN chair Hun Sen's meeting with Malaysian PM Ismail in Phnom Penh follows Kuala Lumpur's criticism of the Cambodian leader's visit to Naypyitaw last month.

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Teenage Detainees Tortured by Junta in Upper Myanmar

Posted: 24 Feb 2022 03:25 AM PST

The high school students were detained on Monday in Magwe Region's Chauk Town ahead of the "Six Twos Revolution" protest.

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Junta Bombs Kill Two Civilians in Lower Myanmar

Posted: 24 Feb 2022 02:10 AM PST

Local rights group accuses military regime of ethnic cleansing after junta jets bomb villagers and refugees in war-torn Kayah State.

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About 20 IDPs Test Positive for COVID-19 in Camp in Myanmar’s Karen State

Posted: 24 Feb 2022 01:33 AM PST

Aid workers said the displaced persons camp in Lay Kay Kaw, recently the scene of intense fighting between junta and resistance forces, lacks isolation facilities.

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Myanmar Rohingya Genocide Case Is Legitimate, Gambia Tells UN’s Top Court

Posted: 23 Feb 2022 09:46 PM PST

At a hearing in The Hague, Gambia denied the Myanmar junta's claim that the African nation is acting as a proxy for the Organization for Islamic Cooperation in the case.

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