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Beauty queen who escaped Myanmar's military and now lives in P.E.I. shares her story during Canadian tour | CBC News

The Burmese model and beauty queen who spoke out against the military junta in Myanmar while on an international stage in Thailand last year is living in Charlottetown and sharing her story to raise awareness about what's going on in her home country.Thaw Nandar Aung, 23, who also goes by the name Han Lay, has been in Prince Edward Island since September.

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Myanmar's Military Regime Disbands Aung San Suu Kyi's Political Party

The political party of Myanmar's imprisoned opposition leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, has been officially dissolved, in yet another blow to the Southeast Asian nation's democracy, two years after the military staged a coup.The party, the National League for Democracy, was disbanded by Myanmar's military-appointed election commission, state media said late Tuesday night.

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Europe news

Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing to hold first meeting with Putin

Meeting between leaders would underline the two nations deepening relationship after Myanmar coup and Ukraine invasion.

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Music

U2 Songs of Surrender review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

U2 have always dealt in grand gestures.No other rock artists from the world of post-punk chased megastardom with the same missionary zeal: they seldom made any bones about wanting to be the biggest band in the world, something they duly achieved in grandstanding style.Their tours have involved everything from stage sets so big they required aircraft warning lights to prank calling the White House to the highest-resolution video screen ever seen at a gig: the most recent one grossed $390m.

the Guardian

Aung San Suu Kyi on trial in fresh bribery case against ousted Myanmar leader

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has gone on trial in a new corruption case against her, alleging she took $550,000 in bribes from a construction magnate.

the Guardian

2 years ago

Myanmar jailed more writers in 2021 than any other country, says rights group

Myanmar jailed more writers and public intellectuals in crackdowns last year than any other country, according to a freedom of expression advocacy group.

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Myanmar Frees Former British Ambassador and Others in Amnesty

Myanmar's military junta said Thursday it was releasing and expelling four foreign prisoners as part of a broad amnesty that also includes dozens of political prisoners.The four are Victoria Bowman, a former British ambassador to Myanmar; Sean Turnell, an Australian academic; Toru Kubota, a Japanese documentary filmmaker; and U Kyaw Htay Oo, a Burmese with United States citizenship who had been working as a gardener at the home of the country's imprisoned civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

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UK news

Vicky Bowman: Who is the former UK ambassador being released by Myanmar in amnesty?

Vicky Bowman, former British ambassador to Myanmar, is among the nearly 6000 people who will be released from prison by the military junta, it was announced.Australian academic Sean Turnell and Japanese filmmaker Toru Kubota too shall be released after months in a Myanmar prison.On Thursday, when the country celebrated its National Day, the local state-run television MRTV announced that the junta had finalised a list of some 6000 prisoners 5,774 men and 676 women who will be granted amnesty on humanitarian grounds.

Nytimes

Russa Plans to Annex Land in Ukraine

The Kremlin announced that it would hold a ceremony today to begin absorbing four Ukrainian territories, pressing ahead with a widely condemned annexation effort.

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Education

Myanmar: seven children killed in junta strike on village school

Government helicopters have struck a school in north-central Myanmar, killing at least 13 people, including seven children, in what would be the deadliest attack on children since the junta seized power last year, a school administrator and an aid worker have said.

Nytimes

Myanmar Junta Sends Aung San Suu Kyi to Solitary Confinement

The United Nations and human rights advocates criticized the transfer from house arrest, and urged the regime to free her and all other political prisoners.

Washington Post

Europe news

EU targets 19 more Myanmar officials with sanctions

BRUSSELS - The European Union on Tuesday imposed sanctions on several senior officials and armed forces officers in Myanmar, where a military takeover last year set off violence that threatens to destabilize other parts of Southeast Asia.Are you on Telegram?Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine.

Nytimes

Myanmar Gives More Prison Time to Its Best-Known Convict

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the politician and Nobel laureate, was found guilty of election fraud on Friday, a sign that the junta has no intention of easing its pressure on her.

the Guardian

Myanmar junta says it will execute two prominent pro-democracy leaders

Myanmar's junta has said it will execute a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both of whom were convicted of terrorism, in the country's first judicial executions since 1990.

the Guardian

Myanmar junta sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to five years for corruption

Aung San Suu Kyi has been jailed for five years after she was found guilty of corruption by a court in military-controlled Myanmar, the latest in a series of widely criticised legal cases that could lead to her spending the rest of her life in detention.

the Guardian

2 years ago