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A BBC journalist has been given a second sentence of three years of hard labor by a court in Myanmar for making contact with an outlawed pro-democracy group. Htet Htet Khine received her first three-year prison sentence on Sept. 15 for violating a law barring incitement and false news. Since…

Reason

US sanctions Myanmar businessmen over alleged Russian arms deals

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says sanctions take aim at Russia and Belarus’ support for Myanmar military.

Al Jazeera

U.S. sanctions target Myanmar junta-linked businessman for procuring Russian-made weapons

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Myanmar businessman and two others involved in procuring Russian-made weapons from Belarus for the junta that seized power in the Southeast Asian country early last year, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

Reuters

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EU lawmakers condemn Myanmar's crackdown on media freedom

EU lawmakers have condemned the crackdown on media freedom in military-ruled Myanmar

The Independent UK

Myanmar border village bombed

KANCHANABURI: A Myanmar air force plane dropped three bombs on a border village in Karen State, close to the Thai border in Sangkhla Buri district, in the early hours of Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar military court jails Japanese filmmaker for seven years

Toru Kubota is the fifth foreign journalist to be detained in post-coup Myanmar with the others all freed and deported.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 10-year prison term

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has handed a 10-year prison sentence to a Japanese video journalist who was arrested at an anti-government protest in July

The Independent UK

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Myanmar court jails Japanese filmmaker for 10 years

TOKYO: A court in military-ruled Myanmar has jailed a Japanese documentary filmmaker for 10 years for violating sedition and communications laws, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar jails Japanese filmmaker for sedition

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese documentary filmmaker to 10 years in prison for violating sedition and communications laws, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Thursday.

Reuters

Facebook aided genocide in 2017 and fails to stop hate speech around the world: reports

A new human rights report accuses Facebook of aiding the 2017 genocide against Muslims in Myanmar, while other reports allege the company continues to allow its platform to spread dangerous disinformation and hate speech in other countries.

Tribune News Service

Myanmar conduct barely improves

During the last few months, Myanmar has been violating Bangladesh's airspace to decimate rebel groups based near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.

Bangkok Post

Western Brands Divided Over 'Made in Myanmar' After Coup

Western retailers are increasingly divided over whether to buy clothes made in Myanmar, a country that had emerged as one of the world's fastest-growing garment exporters before the military staged a coup last year.

Bangkok Post

The Myanmar exiles in Thailand’s revolutionary tea shop

As Myanmar spirals deeper into civil war, a tea shop along the country’s border with Thailand has become a haven for those who have fled the military junta, writes Rebecca Tan

The Independent UK

Thirteen Indians trapped in Myanmar's Myawaddy area rescued

Last month, 32 Indians were rescued from Myawaddy following joint efforts by Indian missions in Myanmar and Thailand

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Myanmar junta leader not invited to Asean summit: Cambodia

Myanmar's junta leader has not been invited to a regional summit next month, host Cambodia said Wednesday, in a fresh diplomatic snub for the isolated military regime.

Al Jazeera

Young, rebellious and the Myanmar military’s ‘worst enemy’

Young people are leading opposition to the coup and have not been deterred by the military’s harassment and brutality.

Reason

Brickbat: Obviously Not Fans

A military court in Myanmar has sentenced Nang Mwe San to six years in prison after find her guilty of posting nude photos and videos on OnlyFans and other sites. More than 15,600 people have been arrested since a coup by the military in February 2021.

Daily Mirror

Plane passenger shot mid-air after bullet fired from the ground pierced through fuselage

A shocking poto shows a man on a Myanmar National Airlines plane holding a tissue to his face and surrounded by blood soaked issues after he was struck by the bullet

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Myanmar’s military accuses rebels of firing on passenger plane

Domestic flight from capital Naypyidaw to Kayah state hit by bullets at a height of about 1,000 metres (3,280 feet).

The Independent UK

Myanmar accuses rebels in east of shooting passenger plane

A passenger plan has been shot in Myanmar as it was preparing to land, injuring one on board

France 24

Facebook accused of promoting violence against Rohingya in Myanmar

Amnesty International accuses Facebook of exacerbating human rights violations in Myanmar. It claims the social network proactively "amplified" anti-Rohingya content back in 2017, when the country's military launched a deadly crackdown on the ethnic minority. Patrick de Brun, a researcher at Amnesty International who wrote the report, tells us more…

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Myanmar: A Desperate Junta Trying, and Failing, To Shore up Its Legitimacy

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Australian economic adviser was sentenced to three years in prison. It won’t help the Myanmar junta’s international isolation or its domestic problems.

The Guardian - AU

Wife of Australian economist imprisoned in Myanmar says family is heartbroken by three-year sentence

Ha Vu pleads for Prof Sean Turnell’s release after secret trial which Australian diplomats and journalists were banned from

The Conversation

A sham sentence after a secret trial for Aung San Suu Kyi's Australian economic adviser

Australian Sean Turnell, economic adviser to Myanmar’s democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in prison since the military coup of February 2021, awaiting trial for the supposed crime of stealing state secrets.

Reuters

Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Myanmar -EMSC

An earthquake of 5.6 magnitude struck Myanmar on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

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