Two Reuters reporters freed in Myanmar after more than 500 days in jail

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Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from prison on Tuesday after more...

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China puts gentler face on Belt and Road, hits back at critics

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China sought to put a gentler face on its massive plan to recreate the old Silk Road at a summit that ended on Saturday, saying it must do more to exp...

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China puts gentler face on Belt and Road, hits back at critics

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China sought to put a gentler face on its massive plan to recreate the old Silk Road at a summit that ended on Saturday, saying it must do more to exp...

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Myanmar’s top court rejects final appeal by jailed Reuters journalists

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Myanmar’s top court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the Official Secrets Act, ...

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Myanmar’s top court to rule on jailed Reuters journalists’ appeal

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Myanmar’s Supreme Court will rule on Tuesday on an appeal of two Reuters journalists imprisoned for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, in...

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Myanmar court due to hear appeal in case of jailed Reuters reporters

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A Myanmar court is on Monday due to hear an argument in the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of breaking th...

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U.N. Security Council mulls Myanmar action; Russia, China boycott talks

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The U.N. Security Council is considering action to push Myanmar to work with the United Nations to address the Rohingya refugee crisis, although China...

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‘We can’t go anywhere’: Myanmar closes Rohingya camps but ‘entrenches segregation’

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As the world was focused on abortive efforts to begin repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar last month, h...

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At site of Rohingya Massacre, Burmese villagers say little

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Kyaw Soe Moe, the head man of this northern Rakhine state best known as the site of a massacre of 10 Muslim men and boys by their Buddhist neighbors a...

Myanmar journalists, lawyers raise concerns over jailing of Reuters reporters

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Groups representing journalists and lawyers in Myanmar handed a letter to the country’s president on Friday outlining their concerns over the jailin...

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‘If we go they will kill us’: Rohingya refugees fear repatriation to Myanmar

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Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal army crackdown last year say they are terrified of going back to Myanmar, as authorities begin the process of repa...

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Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar appeal against conviction in state secrets case

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Lawyers for two Reuters reporters jailed for seven years in Myanmar, lodged an appeal on Monday against their conviction on charges of breaking the co...

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Myanmar court charges Reuters reporters with official secrets offense

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A court in Myanmar on Monday charged two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents, moving the landmark press freedom case into...

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From prison to power: Leaders who served time

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Anwar Ibrahim's release from a Malaysian jail on Wednesday paves the way for him to become prime minister, a path from prison to power that has been t...

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Myanmar’s president resigns ‘to take rest from duties’

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Myanmar’s civilian president, Htin Kyaw, has resigned with immediate effect “in order to take rest from the current duties and responsibilities”...

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Press freedom under attack in Myanmar amid Rakhine crisis

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Some human rights advocates say press freedom is under attack in Myanmar, even though decades of rule by a junta that tightly controlled the media has...

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UN extends probe of Myanmar violence

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The UN decided Friday to extend an investigation into abuses committed in Myanmar, especially in Rakhine state, where violence has forced hundreds of ...

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‘No way back’ in Myanmar’s crucible of communal hate

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Hindus once sold food to Rohingyas, spoke the same language and even cut the hair of their Muslim neighbours. But co-existence among the collage of et...

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Fires rage in Rakhine as Myanmar army blames Rohingya for mosque blast

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Myanmar's army chief on Saturday blamed Rohinyga militants for an explosion outside a mosque in Rakhine state, as a rights group accused the military ...

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Global split over Rohingya crisis as China backs Myanmar crackdown

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International divisions emerged on Tuesday ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on a worsening refugee crisis in Myanmar, with China voicing support...

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