Jailed Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s youngest son, Kim Aris, delivered a personal letter to regime leader Min Aung Hlaing at the Myanmar Embassy in London on Tuesday. He demands to see her in person. “My mother is 81. She remains detained, separated from her family and cut off from the world,” Aris [...] The post Kim Aris delivers letter to Myanmar Embassy demanding access to Aung San Suu Kyi appeared first on DVB .
The ousted National League for Democracy (NLD) party has issued an open letter to the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) urging member states to maintain Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun as Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the UN. The statement comes as the U.N. Credentials Committee prepares to assess member state representation disputes [...] The post NLD urges UN to retain Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun ahead of credentials decision appeared first on DVB .
Female prisoners in Myanmar are subjected to widespread torture, sexual violence and life-threatening medical neglect, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Wednesday, underlining the chronic ill-treatment of thousands of detainees in the war-torn nation. Since the military seized power in a February 2021 coup, a protracted civil war has gripped the impoverished Southeast [...] The post Myanmar female prisoners face torture and neglect, rights group says appeared first on DVB .
Advocacy group Burma Campaign UK has issued an urgent call to the government of Malaysia to immediately halt plans to deport approximately 5,000 Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar. The advocacy organization characterized the forced return policy as “refugee ping pong” that puts thousands of lives at grave risk by handing vulnerable populations directly over to [...] The post Rights group condemns planned repatriation of 5,000 Myanmar refugees from Malaysia appeared first on DVB .
Nearly 200 military vehicles loaded with weapons and three months worth of food rations reportedly arrived at Directorate of Defence Industries (DDI) 25 in Saw Township’s Laung She town, Magway Region, on Sunday. Saw is located 130 miles (209 km) northwest of the region’s capital Magway. A resistance member in Saw told DVB on the [...] The post Myanmar military convoy reaches Magway Region ahead of expected Chin-Rakhine counteroffensive appeared first on DVB .
In a no-nonsense farewell speech, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged global leaders Tuesday to respond to the defining challenge today: Will the world continue on its path to fragmentation or cooperate to tackle the existential threats from climate crisis, runaway artificial intelligence and intensifying inequalities? At the heart of these crises is power, Guterres told [...] The post UN chief says power has polarized the world and urges leaders to cooperate appeared first on DVB .
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman met with Julie Bishop, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar, in New York City on Tuesday. The high-level bilateral dialogue focused on mobilizing sustained international action to secure a safe, voluntary, and dignified return for the nearly one million Rohingya currently residing in refugee camps in Bangladesh. The [...] The post Bangladesh Prime Minister to discuss return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar at UN appeared first on DVB .
President Donald Trump said U.S. and Iranian officials met Tuesday, an unexpected engagement that came even as he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end the nearly seven-month war. Trump told reporters that his chief envoys, Steve Witkoff [...] The post Trump says US and Iranian officials met Tuesday, shortly after warning he may ‘annihilate’ Iran appeared first on DVB .
While the regime amplifies its drone offensive to breach northern Ponnagyun Township, the AA’s counter-offensives seizes three villages and makes advances into junta-controlled Sittwe
