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Teen Son of Detained Rights Lawyer ‘Taken Away’ From Myanmar Guesthouse

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Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Yu poses during an interview in Hong Kong, March 20, 2014.
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Authorities in Myanmar have detained the teenage son of detained Chinese rights lawyer Wang Yu in a murky cross-border operation after he was denied permission Continue reading

Calls Grow For Aung San Suu Kyi to ‘Talk Democracy’ to Beijing

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Aung San Suu Kyi meets with China’s president Xi Jinping in Beijing, June 11, 2015.
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi should “talk democracy” to China’s Continue reading

China to Push ‘Special Bond’ With Myanmar During Suu Kyi Visit

FILE – Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seen in a Nov. 13, 2014, image in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

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BEIJING—Chinese leaders will woo Myanmar’s opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on her first visit to the country, a snub for the quasi-military Continue reading

MYANMAR: Five journalists sentenced to 10 years in prison; 50 others face charges for a peaceful protest

17 July 2014 RAN

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Five journalists with the Unity weekly journal, arrested in January and February 2014, were each sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labour on 10 July 2014 over a report about an Continue reading

Journalists Sentenced to 10 Years in Myanmar

PUBLISHED ON JULY 10, 2014

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PEN American Center strongly protests the sentencing of an editor and four journalists in Myanmar to 10 years in prison. The journalists, from the newspaper Unity, Continue reading