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Motez Bishara

London-based author, journalist and academic Author of three books; contributor to The Guardian, CNN, ESPN, Sky Sports, The National and others Ph.D. researcher at the University of Leicester

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KYAW HSAN HLAING

I am a Political Science PhD student at Cornell University.

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Sandra Cuffe

Freelance journalist based in Central America.

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Wajeeha Malik

Hi! My name is Wajeeha Malik. I create high-quality content that draws (and retains) attention. By utilizing my journalistic skills to educate and tell stories that matter, my goal is …

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Nu Nu Lusan

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Leonie Kijewski

Journalist based in Brussels, Belgium. Always got an eye on Southeast Asia. Writing about the intersection of politics and trade, the environment and human rights for Politico Europe. Fluent in …

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Latest Articles

‘Afraid of the gun’: Military coup fuels Myanmar resource grab

A political crisis triggered by the military takeover makes life even more dangerous for those fighting to protect the environment. Htu Seng has spent the past decade defending the land and environment of her native Kachin State but it was only after the military seized power in a coup in …
By Nu Nu Lusan
• Al Jazeera

Civilians in firing line as conflict returns to Myanmar’s Rakhine

An uneasy truce in the troubled western region appears to have collapsed with the military in open warfare against rebel groups. On the evening of September 25, in Nagara village in western Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State, Bu Wine and her family went to bed early. But a couple of hours …
By KYAW HSAN HLAING
• Al Jazeera

缅甸若开邦冲突再次爆发，平民生活在水深火热之中

在军队与反叛组织的公开战争中，一场在动荡不安的西部地区发生的令人不安的停战协议似乎已经破裂。
By KYAW HSAN HLAING
• Al Jazeera

Singapore executions under scrutiny as more hanged for drugs

When Angelia Pranthaman walked on stage in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to unveil a new song written by her brother on death row, she told a story about the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. Like Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, Socrates was sentenced to death, but while awaiting his punishment the philosopher began to …
By Andrew Nachemson
• Al Jazeera

Myanmar’s military coup prolongs misery for Rohingya in Rakhine

Bangkok, Thailand – In early August, military officials assigned to Rakhine State by Myanmar’s generals summoned leaders from the mainly Muslim Rohingya community in Buthidaung township to a meeting on the banks of the Mayu River. The officials came with a warning: Rohingya villagers should cut off any ties with …
By KYAW HSAN HLAING
• Al Jazeera

Rumbles in Rakhine amid strains between Myanmar military, rebels

Recent skirmishes between Arakan Army and the military have raised concern about the stability of an informal year-long ceasefire. Since Myanmar’s military staged a coup against Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government on February 1, triggering mass unrest, the formerly restive far-western state of Rakhine has remained relatively peaceful. But …
By KYAW HSAN HLAING
• Al Jazeera

缅甸军方打击为政治犯辩护的律师

随着缅甸军方致力于巩固其对一个抗议国家的控制，其越来越多地针对不同类型的抵抗者：打击为政治犯辩护的律师。过去一个月，缅甸各地至少有五名律师因为政治家和活动人士辩护而被捕，这是军方对司法系统的攻击升级。
By KYAW HSAN HLAING
• Al Jazeera

From Germany to Ireland, a fresh push to return the Benin bronzes

As a decolonisation movement sweeps across Europe, there are efforts to return art looted by British soldiers in 1897. The story of the Benin bronzes is one Timothy Awoyemi, a British-Nigerian police officer, knows well. Like all schoolchildren in Nigeria, he was taught of the murderous 1897 raid when British …
By Alasdair Lane
• Al Jazeera

In Myanmar’s Rakhine, families of the disappeared seek answers

One evening, as Ma Nway* and her family were having dinner, soldiers from Myanmar’s armed forces, known as the Tatmadaw, came to her house and asked for her husband. According to her account, they blindfolded him, took out their guns and beat him in front of her. “At the time, …
By KYAW HSAN HLAING
• Al Jazeera

Vote cancellations trigger outrage among Myanmar minority voters

More than 1.5 million people in Myanmar’s conflict-ridden areas have been politically disenfranchised after the country’s election commission scrapped voting in those areas in next month’s general election, deepening concerns about the credibility of the country’s first poll since Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) won a …
By KYAW HSAN HLAING
• Al Jazeera

Rakhine: Where the military is more feared than the coronavirus

Yangon, Myanmar – On the night of September 3, Thar Hla* was restless, and it was not just because he was sharing a concrete floor with approximately 70 people. “After hearing loud firing, I felt like the quarantine centre wasn’t safe,” the 32-year-old told Al Jazeera by phone from his …
By KYAW HSAN HLAING
• Al Jazeera

China's dams exacerbated extreme drought in lower Mekong: Study

Southeast Asian countries would have likely experienced a much less severe drought last year if it were not for China's dams, a new study says, prompting a pushback from the intergovernmental Mekong River Commission (MRC). The 4,000-km (2,485-mile) Mekong is one of the world's longest rivers - winding through China, …
By Leonie Kijewski
• Al Jazeera

Scotland sees concerning rise in non-coronavirus deaths

Glasgow, Scotland - Non-coronavirus deaths in Scotland have risen since the pandemic took hold, amid warnings of "eerily quiet" hospital departments as vulnerable people miss out on medical care. Scottish deaths in late March and early April were 60 percent higher than the five-year average - with less than half …
By Alasdair Lane
• Al Jazeera