YANGON, Myanmar – Nearly 300 friends and sympathizers attended the funeral of a 34-year-old pro-democracy activist who had been imprisoned by the military junta and died this week in jail, a colleague ...

The People’s Pioneer Party led by former junta minister Thet Thet Khine has thus far failed to win any parliamentary seats in ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) -- A 34-year-old political prisoner in military-ruled Myanmar has died in custody, where he had been tortured and suffered from malaria, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. The ...

International is deeply concerned by the death in Mandalay Prison today of student leader and prisoner of conscience Thet Win Aung, aged 34. The organization calls on authorities to initiate a prompt, ...

A Burmese political prisoner advocacy group says Burma's military government is responsible for the death of a jailed student leader. Media reports say the family of Thet Win Aung was notified of his ...

Thet Swe Win is a human rights activist who has led numerous campaigns to counter hate speech, Buddhist nationalism, and anti-Muslim and anti-Rohingya... more discrimination and violence. He is also ...

National League for Democracy deputy Thet Win Hlaing was hiding from the repression, along with deserting policemen. A fourth policeman was injured and lost both arms in the blast. Japanese journalist ...

"Sixteen years ago, on a rainy, moonless May night, I left Burma, now named Myanmar..." Min Zin reflects on his exile from Myanmar. Sixteen years ago, on a rainy, moonless May night, I left Burma, now ...