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By AFP The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor on Wednesday asked judges to grant an arrest warrant for Myanmar junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing over alleged crimes against humanity committed against Rohingya Muslims. Mr Karim Khan’s request to the court’s Hague-based judges is the first application for an arrest warrant against a high-level […]
By AFP Death, detention and dissolution have decimated Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party, easing the way for groups backed by Myanmar’s ruling military to claim victory at elections expected next year, analysts say. The death this week of National League for Democracy vice president U Zaw Myint Maung – a close confidante of […]
By AFP A close ally of detained Myanmar democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi died of leukaemia on Monday, a National League for Democracy source told Agence France-Presse, days after being released from junta custody on health grounds. U Zaw Myint Maung, 72, who spent around two decades in prison for defying Myanmar’s military, […]