Tag: Mayanmar

ASEAN urges ‘immediate’ end to Myanmar violence

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations urged an “immediate” end to violence in Myanmar on Wednesday and for the junta to allow a special envoy tasked with facilitating talks to visit as soon as possible. The 10-nation regional bloc has led diplomatic efforts to end the chaos unleashed in Myanmar by coup last year, which triggered mass protests and a deadly crackdown on dissent. But violence has continued, with anti-junta […]

Myanmar court sentences two to death for Muslim lawyer’s murder

by Hla-Hla HTAY Agence France Presse YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — A Myanmar court Friday sentenced two people to death for the murder of a Muslim lawyer and Aung San Suu Kyi advisor, after a drawn-out trial backlit by allegations of impunity with a main suspect still at large. Ko Ni, whose work and faith made him a target of hate speech online by Buddhist nationalists, was shot in the head at point blank range outside […]