Aung San Suu Kyi’s economic advisor Sean Turnell has been locked up on trumped-up charges in Myanmar since the military seized power in a coup last year.
The country’s ousted leader,Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to an additional six years in prison,a legal official said.
The romance between Nilar Thein and Ko Jimmy persisted through coups and revolutions,death threats and periods of separation. Until last month.
Professor Sean Turnell,an economist,served as an adviser to Suu Kyi. They were both arrested when her elected government was ousted by the army last year.
Paween Pongsirin spearheaded Thailand’s largest human-trafficking prosecution only to be transferred off the case and forced to seek asylum in Australia.
As Penny Wong joins ASEAN foreign ministers to discuss the worsening crisis,a new report documents the junta’s use of psychological and physical torture.
The death sentences have drawn international condemnation,with two UN experts calling them a “vile attempt at instilling fear” among the people.
Women have a right to be angry. Recent events around the world are acts of profound violence against women,taking them back to a time of masculine ownership and female subjugation.
The Australian served as economics advisor to leader Aung San Suu Kyi when her government was deposed in an army coup 16 months ago. He’s been in prison since.
The movement to restore democracy has evolved into deadly warfare between a ruthless,well-supplied military and a broad but poorly armed resistance movement.
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.