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A Japanese-trained Myanmar army general was found to be involved in a massacre of civilians his soldiers committed in Kayah State on Christmas Eve last year, in which 35 civilians including children, women and two members of the international humanitarian group Save the Children were burned alive.

A Myanmar army general who received military training in Japan served as a high-ranking officer in a regional command that has been implicated in serious abuses in ethnic minority areas, Human Rights Watch said today.

Western companies have continued to stream out of Myanmar since the military’s coup in February last year. While the recent execution of four democracy activists was a stark reminder of the military regime’s brutal repression, it is not an easy task for companies to find an ethical way to exit the country.

Menteri Luar Negeri RI Retno Marsudi mendorong junta untuk menerapkan Konsensus 5 Poin (5PCs) yang telah dianggap gagal oleh sejumlah kalangan dalam upaya mengakhiri krisis kemanusiaan di Myanmar.

On August 3, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made an official visit to Myanmar, underscoring Russia’s support for the country’s military government.

Executions, brutal beatings and sexual violence — Myanmar’s military junta is resorting to increasingly brutal measures to crush opposition to its rule, according to a new Amnesty International report Monday.

Myanmar’s military leadership has announced it will extend the state of emergency in the country by six months.

For the first time since the late 1980s, the military rulers of Myanmar executed four pro-democracy activists on July 25, triggering outrage across the democratic world.

The UN Security Council has condemned the Myanmar junta’s execution of four prisoners, drawing praise on Thursday from a shadow government of ousted Myanmar lawmakers.

The U.N. Security Council condemned the Myanmar military’s execution of four democracy activists over the weekend but stopped short of calling for new sanctions against the junta as its forces continued attacks in the country’s Sagaing region.