Myanmar junta leaders may face war crimes probe in Australia
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Myanmar junta leaders may face war crimes probe in Australia

Cases against military figures including junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing are being prepared to hand to the Australian Federal Police.

  • byChris Barrett

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For the seventh time since the Cold War,the US will label a nation’s acts as ‘genocide’

For the seventh time since the Cold War,the US will label a nation’s acts as ‘genocide’

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.

  • byHumeyra Pamuk andSimon Lewis
Action on Ukraine exposes Canberra’s muted response on Myanmar

Action on Ukraine exposes Canberra’s muted response on Myanmar

There is significant capacity for a more incisive,collaborative,creative effort to pressure Myanmar’s illegitimate coup regime.

  • bySusan Banki
Australia issues protection visas to Myanmar military defectors
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Australia issues protection visas to Myanmar military defectors

Thousands of people have escaped the country’s armed forces refusing to shoot civilians and hoping to start a new,free,life elsewhere.

  • byChris Barrett
Why the Quad is failing on Myanmar human rights

Why the Quad is failing on Myanmar human rights

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.

  • byHelen Clark andGareth Evans
We must take meaningful action to address the unfolding catastrophe in Myanmar

We must take meaningful action to address the unfolding catastrophe in Myanmar

There is a global emergency unfolding in Myanmar but,unlike its allies,the Australian government has so far refused to take any meaningful action.

  • byRaymond Tint Way andPaul A. Komesaroff
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Myanmar junta announces amnesty for 800 prisoners

Myanmar junta announces amnesty for 800 prisoners

Australian Sean Turnell,an economic adviser to deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi,was not among those pardoned.

  • byReuters
A year on,Australia’s most unlikely political prisoner remains in jail
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A year on,Australia’s most unlikely political prisoner remains in jail

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.

  • byMelissa Crouch
‘I have nowhere to run’:Children caught in the crossfire in Myanmar

‘I have nowhere to run’:Children caught in the crossfire 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.

  • byChris Barrett
Walkie-talkies,virus extend Aung San Suu Kyi’s prison term

Walkie-talkies,virus extend Aung San Suu Kyi’s prison term

A court on Monday found the Nobel laureate guilty of illegally importing and possessing the devices and violating coronavirus restrictions.

Riots,royals and Delta rising:the biggest stories from a year of extremes

Riots,royals and Delta rising:the biggest stories from a year of extremes

The invasion of the US Capitol on January 6 was only the first in a series of extraordinary events and huge moments that would dominate the news in 2021.

  • byLia Timson andMichelle Griffin