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UN rights body picks again raises eyebrows
News, John J Metzler, Published on 16/10/2024
» The UN General Assembly held its annual elections for the Human Rights Council last week.
FDA on alert for deadly cough syrup
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/10/2022
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received a warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) about four Indian-made cough syrups linked to the deaths of 165 children who died in The Gambia and Indonesia.
Guinea man at heart of cluster
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/05/2021
» A Covid-19 cluster of at least 137 cases has been traced back to an African gem trader who travelled between Chanthaburi and Bang Rak district of Bangkok and often attended religious gatherings, the government revealed yesterday.
Gem traders at heart of new cluster
News, Post reporters, Published on 10/05/2021
» More than 100 gemstone traders from Africa have come down with Covid-19 over four days in Chanthaburi, although none carried the African or Indian variants of the virus.
Solidarity needed to halt crisis
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 16/03/2021
» The desperate situation in Myanmar calls for concerted international solidarity to counter the Feb 1 coup d'etat and its heinous consequences. To date, scores of people have been killed by junta forces, while several thousands have been detained. The crisis compounds two disquieting situations of a longstanding and multi-faceted nature in the country -- the mistreatment of the Rohingya population (a Muslim community) and the decades-long civil war between the authorities and different ethnic groups.
Down but not out
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 01/03/2021
» Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, and tarnished democracy heroine of that country, hit the headlines on Feb 1 when she was arrested and deposed by the Myanmar military, aka Tatmadaw, in its coup.
Myanmar blames army for atrocities in Rakhine
News, Larry Jagan, Published on 22/01/2020
» Myanmar is facing a very fraught time internationally as the conduct of its military comes under increasing scrutiny, while simultaneously the civilian government now admits it must take responsibility for what happened in the strife-torn western province of Rakhine over the past few years.
Why is Suu Kyi defending the military?
News, Nehginpao Kipgen, Published on 06/01/2020
» On Dec 11, Myanmar's State Counsellor-cum-Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi stood at the podium of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague and defended her country against the accusation of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention over the military's clearance operations in northern Rakhine state, which caused more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee the Southeast Asian country for Bangladesh.
Suu Kyi gears up for genocide hearing
News, Larry Jagan, Published on 02/12/2019
» There has been strong reaction in Myanmar to Aung San Suu Kyi's decision to appear at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to defend the country against charges of genocide. While Western diplomats have tried to persuade the civilian leader that she was embarking on a high-risk strategy, and should reconsider. Attitudes amongst the intellectuals, politicians, MPs and civil society range from animated support to more measured approaches.
Suu Kyi stands up to lawsuit avalanche
News, Larry Jagan, Published on 25/11/2019
» Myanmar's top leaders -- both military and civilian -- have been shell-shocked by the avalanche of international legal cases they are now facing. In the space of days, three cases have been lodged in separate courts, all intended to make the Myanmar government and the country's military leaders accountable for the horrendous events that unfolded in strife-torn western Rakhine state during military operations over the last three years. These forced nearly a million Muslims, or Rohingya as they call themselves, to flee to safety in Bangladesh.