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Opinion Papers
Myanmar’s ‘crisis of conscience’ has nothing to do with politics
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By Alan Clements
Myanmar’s catastrophe is routinely described as a political conflict, a struggle for power, or a security dilemma. These framings are convenient.
Myanmar junta frees hundreds of prisoners in annual amnesty
Source: Channel News Agency | By Agence France Presse
In total, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing pardoned 6,134 imprisoned Myanmar nationals, the National Defence and Security Council said, adding that 52 foreign prisoners would also be released and deported.
Myanmar junta airstrike on Tabayin school injuries 10 displaced civilians
Source: Mizzima
Myanmar’s junta carried out airstrikes on a school in Mukangyi village, a community largely inhabited by internally displaced people, in the southeastern part of Tabayin Township in Sagaing Region, injuring at least 10 civilians.
DECEPTIVE BALLOTS : Myanmar’s False Democracy
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By Sai Wansai
China has made no effort to hide that the military junta has become its puppet, now seen as a self-governing state that has abandoned necessary ethics, openly declaring this both at home and abroad.
China counts its chickens as Myanmar votes
Source: The New Indian Express | By Pradip Phanjoubam
China would prefer a strong government in Myanmar, whatever be the configuration. Hope for stability lies in a repeat of the now-familiar alternation between military and civil rule