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UN envoy says Myanmar at risk of imminent ‘bloodbath’, as new charges against ousted leader emergeAung San Suu Kyi and her Australian economic adviser are among several people charged with breaking Myanmar’s colonial-era official secrets law, in an esc…
Read MoreAlternative civilian government proposes ‘federal democracy charter’, amid fears of civil war Myanmar protesters have burned a copy of the country’s military-drafted constitution as the UN envoy monitoring the crisis warned the security council of the …
Read MoreUN security council set for emergency meeting as death toll from military crackdown passes 520Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in good health during a video meeting with her lawyers, it has emerged.Details on the condition of the 75-y…
Read MoreFormer Australian PM says world ‘radically underestimating’ how quickly junta violence could deteriorate to tens of thousands of deaths and a refugee crisisThe world is “radically underestimating” how badly the situation in Myanmar could deteriorate, w…
Read MoreMission to check out treatment of Uighur minority is backed by Beijing, says secretary-general António Guterres The UN has begun negotiations with Beijing for a visit “without restrictions” to Xinjiang to see how the Uighur minority is being treated, s…
Read MoreUK-led action ramps up scrutiny of the regime against a backdrop of worsening human rights abusesCivil rights groups have welcomed a UK-led UN resolution on Sri Lanka as a “crucial turning point for justice” for victims of the country’s nearly 30-year-…
Read MoreAfter 12 die in one of the bloodiest days since the military takeover, UN expert says junta’s crackdown amounts to ‘crimes against humanity’ The British government has urged its citizens to flee Myanmar after one of the bloodiest days since February’s …
Read MoreBritish-drafted UN statement watered down by China, Russia and India while military accuses Aung San Suu Kyi of taking bribesThe United Nations has condemned the Myanmar military’s violent crackdown against anti-coup demonstrators as eight more people …
Read MoreLargest such study finds domestic violence experienced by one-in-four teenage girls with worst levels faced by women in their 30s One in four women and girls around the world have been physically or sexually assaulted by a husband or male partner, acco…
Read MoreThinktank publishes first non-governmental legal examination of China’s actions in XinjiangThe Chinese government has breached every single article of the UN genocide convention in its treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang, and bears responsibility for comm…
Read MoreUN chief António Guterres had called for security forces to release hundreds of people ‘without violence or arrests’ Hundreds of peaceful anti-coup protesters have been allowed to leave an area of Yangon where they were cornered in apartment buildings …
Read MoreIndependent Rex Patrick moves after similar parliamentary motions passed in Canada and the NetherlandsAn Australian senator will seek support from fellow upper house members to recognise China’s treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority as genocide, afte…
Read MoreOfficers intensify use of force, firing teargas and rubber bullets at people protesting against coupA woman has reportedly been shot and killed as police in Myanmar escalated a violent crackdown on anti-coup protesters, firing teargas and rubber bullet…
Read MoreRights group says pyramid-like scheme is directly linked to North’s nuclear and missile programmesNorth Korea has been enslaving political prisoners, including children, in coal production to help boost exports and earn foreign currency as part of a sy…
Read MoreCivil rights groups say situation ‘getting worse on a daily basis’ as UN human rights chief expresses alarm over deepening impunitySri Lanka could descend swiftly back into violence and human rights abuses unless decisive international action is taken,…
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