Tag:Myanmar

Mining in Myanmar’s eastern borderlands has become a transboundary crisis. What was once framed as a potential engine for development now fuels armed conflict, weakens governance, and spreads toxic pollution through shared river systems into Thailand.

The allocations promote regional stability, trade, and security, with India positioning itself as a reliable partner amid global uncertainties.

Opening the hearings, Judge Iwasawa Yuji, President of the Court, outlined a detailed schedule that includes two rounds of pleadings by Gambia and Myanmar, as well as closed sessions to hear testimony from witnesses called by the applicant State.

Those calling for reform are joined by civil society voices demanding international scrutiny. Some urge consumers abroad to avoid Burmese jade, pointing to its role in funding violence.

More than eight years after over 750,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar for sprawling camps in Bangladesh, the crisis remains unresolved.

UN-mandated independent investigators have uncovered “systematic torture” in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities.

According to the junta, the NDSC will now assume all legislative, executive, and judicial powers, as permitted under Article 427(a) of the 2008 Constitution.

Since the military coup in February 2021, nearly 6,800 civilians have been killed and over 22,000 remain arbitrarily detained, he said. Humanitarian needs have soared, with nearly 22 million people in need of assistance and more than 3.5 million displaced by conflict.