Friday, December 8, 2023
Press
Experts from the U.S. Institute of Peace provide the latest analysis and perspective on the world’s critical hot spots, U.S. and global security and issues involved in violent conflict, based on the Institute’s work on the ground and with key individuals, governments and organizations. They give interviews and background briefings to journalists and write for news outlets around the world.
The Junta’s Sham Elections and a Myanmar Update -The It Could Happen Here Podcast
James talks to Billy Ford (@billee4d) about the Junta’s “roadmap to democracy” in Myanmar and the state of the spring revolution two years after it began.
Myanmar’s detained State Counsellor sentenced to another 3 years in prison - Radio Free Asia
Detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to three years in prison by the military court in Naypydaw Prison on Wednesday, for two corruption cases involving charges of accepting money from businessman Maung Weik, according to sources close to the court who requested anonymity for security...
Myanmar junta drops propaganda on people from helicopters - Coda Story
Spreading false and alarming news and fomenting dissent against the army are the outlandish charges under which a Japanese journalist has been held in Myanmar. He was detained while covering an anti-junta protest in Yangon last weekend. He is one of over 140 journalists, including at least five foreign...
Myanmar junta extends state of emergency citing need for ‘election prep’ - Radio Free Asia
Myanmar’s military regime has extended the country’s state of emergency for an additional six months to Feb. 1, 2023 citing the need for additional “election preparations,” as citizens staged rallies over the weekend pledging allegiance to the anti-junta democracy movement. The decision to extend the state of...