In THe NEws

Den internationella organisationen med uppdrag att främja fria och rättvisa val har medverkat till en mobilapp som underblåser diskriminering och etniskt våld, hävdar kritikerna.

Maersk, le premier armateur de porte-conteneurs mondial, ne va plus utiliser les ports détenus par la Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL).

.@Kirin_Company investor Lindsell Train has moral + investment concerns w/ Kirin b/s of #Myanmar military ties + has "heightened engagement": "We're uncomfortable investing in a company that has any association w/ a regime committing #HumanRights abuses" http://ow.ly/p5OM50BV6h9

မြန်မာ့တပ်မတော်၏ ပထမဦးဆုံးသော ရေငုပ်သင်္ဘော စစ်ရေယာဉ်- မင်းရဲသိင်္ခသူ ပင်လယ်ပြင် လက်တွေ့လေ့ကျင့်ခန်း စတင်ဆောင်ရွက်ကြောင်း တပ်မတော်သတင်းမှန်ပြန်ကြားရေးအဖွဲ့က သတင်းထုတ်ပြန်သည်။

Myanmar's de facto leader has repelled the Western companies she once courted through moves that have raised investor reputation risks.

Internet freedom in Myanmar declined dramatically, as the government ramped up its censorship ahead of elections expected in November 2020.

Myanmar, with election cycle dominated by digital platforms because of virus constraints, has the worst decline in internet freedom across the world.

An EU-funded voting application in Myanmar has come under heavy criticism for inciting “racial and religious vilification” in the country by profiling candidates’ ethnicity and beliefs, using derogatory terminology to designate those of Rohingya descent.

Online and offline hate speech targeting Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims has reared its head in the run-up to national elections in November, as some candidates and others target the largely disenfranchised and despised ethnic minority group to gain support from voters.

I ett öppet brev till IDEAS chef Kevin Casas-Zamora uttrycker sju svenska organisationer sin starka oro över den app och den databas som ingår i det samarbete som International IDEA bedriver med Myanmars valmyndighet.