Technology expert warns communication shutdowns are ‘more prevalent than previously thought’.
Australia’s second most senior defence officer has personally urged the top member of the Myanmar’s military to respect democracy and release an Australian professor from detention.
The changes of a decade ago did not give Myanmar a perfect democracy. But it did pave the way for today’s young protesters:keenly aware of the past,social media-savvy,and resilient. They need the world to stand with them.
The new charge may allow her to be held indefinitely without trial as part of an intensifying crackdown by authorities who seized power in a coup.
The sudden return of military rule and leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s renewed detention are the latest evidence of a far darker and more complicated reality.
Security forces in Myanmar opened fire to disperse protesters at a power plant on Sunday and armoured vehicles rolled into major cities as the army faced a ninth day of anti-coup demonstrations.
The rallies against the coup — now daily occurrences — have drawn people from all walks of life,even ethnic minorities afraid of the military.
Sean Turnell’s wife says the family is “distraught” about his detention in Myanmar following last week’s military coup.
Australia is reviewing its foreign aid commitments with Myanmar as it calls for the immediate release of an Australian academic detained in the country as part of the recent military coup.
Dr Sean Turnell,an adviser to Myanmar’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi,was detained by the country’s police on Saturday.
Those searching for motives behind putsch that imprisoned Aung San Suu Kyi and plunged Myanmar back towards oppressive junta rule need look no further than the service ribbons on the chest of General Min Aung Hlaing.