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SLAPP turns good people into criminals in Thailand

by Chutima Sidasathian November 13, 2024November 13, 2024

I have been a victim of Thailand’s abusive criminal defamation laws twice now. After suffering for more than 10 years as both a journalist and as an advocate, I believe the only way of getting rid of SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) in Thailand is by repealing the criminal defamation laws. Anti-Slapp legislation will […]

Rohingya refugee crisis holds lessons for Ukraine

by Palash Kamruzzaman and Bulbul Siddiqi May 11, 2022May 13, 2022

Rohingya refugees scuffle as they wait to receive aid in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh September 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton

Myanmar military implausibly plays the Rohingya card

by Bertil Lintner February 9, 2021February 12, 2021

Myanmar’s coup splits an already deeply divided region

by Richard Javad Heydarian February 5, 2021February 9, 2021

Rohingya refugees perform prayers as they attend a ceremony organized to remember the first anniversary of a military crackdown that prompted a massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on August 25, 2018. Photo: AFP / Dibyangshu Sarkar

Rohingya refugees on an island of no return

by Bertil Lintner December 21, 2020December 23, 2020

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A vote for Suu Kyi is a vote for China in Myanmar

by Rory Wallace November 6, 2020November 12, 2020

Why China wants Suu Kyi to win Myanmar’s polls

by Bertil Lintner September 3, 2020September 7, 2020

Rohingya refugees becoming Palestinians of Asia

by Bertil Lintner August 26, 2020August 31, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

ICJ ruling shows Rohingya crisis rights and wrongs

by Bertil Lintner January 24, 2020February 18, 2020

Myanmar is reconnecting with the outside world after decades of military rule. Photo: AFP/Khin Maung Win

AT Finance, Myanmar

Understanding the Myanmar military’s genocidal mind

by Anthony Davis December 17, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia

Letter to the editor: Bangladesh envoy on Rohingya

by Mohammad Ziauddin September 22, 2019February 18, 2020

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a press conference in Dhaka on December 31, 2018. Photo: Indranil Mukherjee / AFP

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia

Bangladesh does about-face on Rohingya

by Sabria Chowdhury Balland September 18, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

No way home, no way out for Rohingya refugees

by Bertil Lintner August 23, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia

Rohingya refugee crisis is a ticking time bomb

by Bertil Lintner July 11, 2019February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi as they attend the welcome ceremony at Yanqi Lake during the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on May 15, 2017. Photo: AFP/Pool

AT Finance, Myanmar

China seeks big-ticket payback from Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner January 16, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Myanmar

A new war rages in Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson January 15, 2019February 18, 2020

An Arakan Army rebel soldier at an undisclosed location. Photo: Youtube

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Myanmar’s Rakhine torched anew by insurgent fire

by David Scott Mathieson January 3, 2019February 18, 2020

Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends the Asia Pacific Summit 2018 in Kathmandu on December 1, 2018. Photo: AFP/Sunil Sharma/Pool

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, World

Trouble ahead, trouble behind for Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner December 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees wait roadside for aid at Thaingkhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 14, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Asia’s version of Palestine emerging in Bangladesh

by Bertil Lintner December 24, 2018February 18, 2020

More than 700,000 Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar in 2017 now live in camps near Cox's Bazar in southern Bangladesh. But a British move in the UN to set a timeline for them to be returned may not succeed. Photo: AFP / Masfiqur Sohan

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, France, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Russia, China may veto British move in UN on Rohingya return

by Bertil Lintner December 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Protestors against the China-backed Letpadaung copper mine unfurl a banner in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar

China seizes opportunity in Suu Kyi’s isolation

by Bertil Lintner December 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong makes a speech during the 6th Asean-US Summit in Singapore on November 15, 2018. Photo: AFP via Anadolu Agency/Anton Raharjo

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Singapore’s ASEAN tenure marked by crises and disputes

by Nile Bowie November 15, 2018February 18, 2020

An activist holds a poster of then pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally calling for peace and democracy in Myanmar, outside the building housing the Myanmar Embassy in Makati City, Manila September 26, 2007. Photo:
Reuters/Darren Whiteside

AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, France, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

End of days for Suu Kyi’s iconography

by David Scott Mathieson November 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees perform prayers as they attend a ceremony organized to remember the first anniversary of a military crackdown that prompted a massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on August 25, 2018. Photo: AFP / Dibyangshu Sarkar

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Singapore, South Asia

Rohingya refugees flee camps to avoid repatriation

by Bertil Lintner November 13, 2018February 18, 2020

A worker at a garment factory in the Shwe Pyi Thar industrial zone in Yangon in a September 2015 file photo. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, European Union, France, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, World

EU sanctions threaten to de-industrialize Myanmar

by Peter Janssen and Kyaw Lynn October 18, 2018February 18, 2020

A Rohingya girl grieves outside of a UNHCR tent in Bangladesh in a file photo. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun Photo

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, World

A deeper look at Myanmar’s genocidal intent

by Angshuman Choudhury September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, World

The questions Facebook still needs to answer in Myanmar

by Kayleigh Long September 25, 2018February 18, 2020

A journalist poses during a protest by local media to demand the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo (pictured in posters behind). Photo: AFP/Thiha Lwin

AT Finance, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, United Kingdom, World

From hope to despair for Myanmar’s mangled media

by David Scott Mathieson September 4, 2018February 18, 2020

A Rohingya refugee man stands before Kutupalong camp in Ukhia near Cox's Bazar on August 13, 2018.Photo: AFP/Chandan Khanna

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, Italy, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, World

Storm of accountability gathers over Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson August 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang laughs with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a signing ceremony at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, April 8, 2018. Picture: Parker Song/Pool via Reuters

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Singapore-led Asean favors China over US

by Richard Javad Heydarian April 30, 2018February 18, 2020