Myanmar
Yangon (Myanmar) (AFP) - In a working-class neighbourhood of Myanmar's Yangon, plastic waste is piled a metre high, the toxic product of what a recent investigation said is rampant dumping of Western trash. For several years sites across Shwepyithar township have been filling up with trash that chokes fields, blocks the drainage of monsoon rains and causes fire risks. The trash is the runoff of global plastic production, which has more than doubled since the start of the century to reach 460 million tonnes per year. "In the past, during the rainy season I could pick watercress from this field ...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States and Britain on Friday announced new sanctions against the Myanmar military that are intended to coincide with the anniversary of a bloody crackdown on protests following last year's coup d'etat. The new measures came days after Washington said it has concluded that Myanmar's military committed genocide against the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority. "Brutality and oppression have become trademarks of the Burmese military regime's rule," US Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson said in a statement. "Treasury is co...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States officially declared Monday that violence against the Rohingya committed by Myanmar's military amounted to genocide, saying there was clear evidence of an attempt to "destroy" the Muslim minority. Citing the killings of thousands and forcing close to a million to flee the country in 2016 and 2017, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had "determined that members of the Burmese military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against Rohingya." "The military's intent went beyond ethnic cleansing to the actual destruction of Rohingya," Blinken s...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States, Britain and Canada unveiled coordinated sanctions on Myanmar officials Monday as the junta leveled fresh charges against Aung San Suu Kyi, one year after ousting her in a coup. Suu Kyi, 76, has been detained since the February 1 coup last year that triggered mass protests and a crackdown on dissent with more than 1,500 civilians killed, according to a local monitoring group. The military junta has now charged her with influencing election officials during 2020 polls, a source said, on top of previous charges, including violating the country's official secr...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States, Britain and Canada hit top Myanmar justice officials with sanctions on Monday on the one-year anniversary of a military coup. The US Treasury Department placed sanctions on Attorney General Thida Oo, Supreme Court Chief Justice Tun Tun Oo and Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman U Tin Oo, whom it said were closely involved in the "politically motivated" prosecution of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Britain said it was imposing sanctions against Thida Oo, Tin Oo and a third person, U Thein Soe, chair of the country's election Commission. "We are coordin...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Rohingya refugees sued Facebook on Monday for $150 billion over claims the social network is failing to stem hate speech on its platform, exacerbating violence against the vulnerable minority. The complaint, lodged in a California court, says the algorithms that power the US-based company promote disinformation and extremist thought that translates to real-world violence. "Facebook is like a robot programmed with a singular mission: to grow," the court document states. "The undeniable reality is that Facebook's growth, fueled by hate, division, and misinformation, has left ...
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New York (AFP) - An American journalist jailed for six months by Myanmar's military rulers returned to the United States on Tuesday, saying it felt "incredible" to be reunited with his family. Danny Fenster hugged his parents after landing at New York's JFK airport at around 8:00 am (1300 GMT) with former diplomat and cabinet secretary Bill Richardson, who secured his release from prison Monday. Fenster, 37, told reporters he would briefly celebrate his release with relatives before turning his attention to other journalists and "prisoners of conscience" jailed in Myanmar. "There are a lot of ...
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New York (AFP) - An American journalist jailed for six months by Myanmar's military rulers arrived back in the United States on Tuesday, one day after he was pardoned and released from prison. "It feels incredible," said Danny Fenster, hugging his parents after landing at New York's JFK airport at around 8:00 am (1300 GMT). Fenster, 37, arrived with former US diplomat Bill Richardson, who helped facilitate his release. Looking gaunt and unshaven after his ordeal in captivity, Fenster said his return home had been "a long time coming." "It's a moment that I have been imagining so intensely for...
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Doha (AFP) - An American journalist jailed for six months by Myanmar's military rulers said after his shock release that he battled to stay sane and feared his ordeal would not end, while insisting he should never have been detained. Danny Fenster -- handed an 11-year sentence last week for incitement, unlawful association and breaching visa rules -- was freed on Monday, a day before he was to face terror and sedition charges that could have seen him jailed for life. The 37-year-old looked gaunt, with his hair and beard grown longer during captivity, as he emerged from a jet in the Qatari capi...
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Bangkok (AFP) - An American journalist dramatically released from a Myanmar prison and deported Monday on the eve of a sedition and terrorism trial is humble, positive and inspired by George Orwell's writings against authoritarianism, his colleague told AFP. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February and launched a bloody crackdown that has killed more than 1,200 people, according to a local monitoring group, and also ensnared the media. The junta's war on dissent has seen Myanmar overtake Saudi Arabia and North Korea in jailing journalists ...
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