Commentary
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Japan plays a diplomatic double game on rights in Myanmar
Despite its official condemnation of the coup, Japan continues to move towards normalizing ties with the junta
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There is still work to be done to ensure the crimes committed against the Rohingya are documented properly
Investigations in international courts will only give a partial picture of what happened in 2017, the rest must not be lost to history
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The National Unity Government cannot afford to ignore past injustices if it truly seeks to free Myanmar from military rule
Covering up wrongdoing in the name of unity and as a strategy against the junta will only ensure that past injustices are perpetuated and that military rule will live on indefinitely.
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Myanmar’s junta wants to build a surveillance state. Western companies must not help them.
The West has been lax in preventing the Myanmar military from acquiring technologies that it is now using to spy on citizens
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Myanmar – yesterday, today and a new tomorrow
Following the death scores of pro-Democracy protestors in Myanmar over the weekend, the future of this blighted country looks bleak. But the lessons of history and the changes in Myanmar society show the junta can’t win in the long run.
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