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Australia, India, Japan and South Korea are still working with the Myanmar junta and failing to impose sanctions one year after the February 1 military coup.

Face à la détérioration des droits de l’homme en Birmanie, les fournisseurs internationaux d’énergie quittent le pays. Chevron, TotalEnergies et la société australienne Woodside ont annoncé qu’elles se retiraient des projets gaziers en Birmanie.

Quasi 1500 manifestanti uccisi. Undicimila cittadini arrestati, di cui ottomila tuttora in carcere. Poco più di 400 mila profughi, dei quali più di centomila bambini.

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Gli aerei iraniani che atterrano in Myanmar hanno sollevato speculazioni sulla cooperazione segreta militare, comprese le possibili vendite sensibili di armi iraniane in mezzo alle crescenti richieste internazionali di imporre un embargo sulle armi alla giunta militare.

The increasing investor focus on companies operating in Myanmar is extending to state and majority-state owned companies, RI understands, amid signs that investors are increasingly starting to engage on human rights issues with state-owned companies, tackle the issue in their sovereign portfolios and ramp up policy advocacy.

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FoI requests reveal sovereign wealth fund also has investments in arms companies linked to Myanmar military

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Od vojenského převratu v Barmě uplynul rok, podle lidskoprávního aktivisty Igora Blaževiče ale junta stále nemá situaci pod kontrolou.

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The European Union is in a state of flux over its planned fourth round of sanctions on Myanmar’s military junta, with sources saying the targeted measures that were supposed to be announced next Tuesday (February 1) could be delayed until later in February.

The military and its allies are turning to pamphlets and newspapers to spread hate speech and disinformation, targeting areas that have been under an internet blackout for months.

Myanmar’s military junta has been criticized by business groups and foreign investors for resurrecting a proposed law that seeks to shut down social media platforms and undermine internet privacy.