Ross Dunkley was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2019 for drug possession but was one of 23,000 convicts let out by the junta on Saturday,his ex-wife said.
Opponents of Myanmar’s junta announced a national unity government on Friday that includes ousted MPs,leaders of anti-coup protests and members of ethnic minorities.
Burmese Australians have urged the Morrison government to reach out to members of the deposed Myanmar government and to allow more than 3000 citizens of the country to stay in Australia once their visas expire.
Today on Please Explain Nathanael Cooper is joined by south-east Asia correspondent Chris Barrett to find out more about the growing unrest in Myanmar.
The lists published in the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper include actors,musicians and social media influencers.
While at least 564 people have been killed in the junta’s brutal crackdown,many more have been detained or “forcibly disappeared”.
ANZ has not joined more than 65 multinationals with operations in Myanmar that have publicly condemned the coup,as violence escalates in the country.
Without urgent intervention from ASEAN,instability and violence from Myanmar coup will bleed into neighbouring countries - destabilising Asia.
Christa Avery and Matthew O’Kane were refused permission to leave Myanmar in March as they tried to board a flight home.
Aung San Suu Kyi and her Australian economic adviser Sean Turnell have been charged with violating Myanmar’s official secrets act,her chief lawyer said.
What’s behind the latest coup? Why is Aung San Suu Kyi in detention? And isn’t Myanmar a democracy?