The military junta in the south-east Asian nation is stepping up its mission to “annihilate” its opponents in a campaign of airstrikes and village burnings.
Cases against military figures including junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing are being prepared to hand to the Australian Federal Police.
More than four years after the Myanmar military forced the Rohingya from their homes,the US will use the word to describe the violent purge.
There is significant capacity for a more incisive,collaborative,creative effort to pressure Myanmar’s illegitimate coup regime.
Thousands of people have escaped the country’s armed forces refusing to shoot civilians and hoping to start a new,free,life elsewhere.
If the Quad is serious about its agenda,its members need to respond much more strongly to the region’s most ugly current violation of democracy and human rights.
There is a global emergency unfolding in Myanmar but,unlike its allies,the Australian government has so far refused to take any meaningful action.
The Morrison government is not doing enough to secure the release of Sean Turnell,an Australian academic and economist,who has spent a year behind bars in Myanmar.
At least 150,000 children have been forced to flee their homes since last February’s military coup and others who remain fear for their lives.
A court on Monday found the Nobel laureate guilty of illegally importing and possessing the devices and violating coronavirus restrictions.
Two NGO workers have been found among the 35 charred bodies,including those of children,reportedly shot and burnt by government troops.