Articles by Bangkok Post
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Will Suu Kyi Pose a Threat to a Democratic Myanmar?
Suhas Chakma, Asian Centre for Human Rights – Bangkok Post,
23 Nov 2015
Since her release from house arrest, Ms Suu Kyi has shown glimpses of authoritarianism. While she may still find a rubber-stamp president, the rule of the majority is unlikely to be handy for dealing with the ethnic minorities who have been waging wars against the majority Burmese for the past five decades.
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Chaiwat Satha-Anand – Bangkok Post,
7 Sep 2015
To deal with terrorism nonviolently, I would argue, is to counter the work done by such an act of terror on political society. To be able to do so is to understand how terrorism works. For a society to fight against terror with nonviolence, ordinary people have to do three things.
→ read full articleEngaging With Myanmar Army Will Validate War Crimes
Seng Zin – Bangkok Post,
4 Nov 2013
The US, UK and Australia recently announced military cooperation with Myanmar’s army, a military that has been responsible for decades of human rights violations against the people of Myanmar. Attacks on civilians, forced labour, disappearances, abductions, arbitrary killings and land confiscation are all being committed with impunity.
→ read full articleFear Stalks Muslims in Myanmar
Bangkok Post – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
Eyewitnesses to a massacre at an Islamic school say it was carried out by Buddhists, and many contend it stems from a coordinated effort with ties to the top. Mon Hnin, a 29-year-old Muslim woman from Meiktila, in central Myanmar, spent the night of March 20 with her daughter and mother-in-law hiding in terror in the bushes on the fringes of her neighbourhood.
→ read full articleWar in the ‘Green Hell’ of Myanmar
Carlos Sardina Galache – Bangkok Post,
1 Oct 2012
30 Sep 2012 – President Thein Sein proclaimed before the UN last week that his government places a high priority on ending ethnic conflicts, but that has proved elusive in ruggedly beautiful Kachin state, where the race to exploit abundant natural resources feeds a growing humanitarian crisis.
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