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14 December 2023
Mizzima Weekly Magazine Issue 50, Vol. 12, December 14, 2023
Bangladesh-born US blogger Mr Avijit Roy was hacked to death by assailants with machetes on February 26 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: Avijit Roy/Facebook
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27 February 2015
Atheist US blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh
A prominent American blogger of Bangladeshi origin was hacked to death with machetes by...
Former Indonesian maid Ms Erwiana Sulistyaningsih (C) arrives at a press conference in Hong Kong, China, February 10, 2015. Photo: Jerome Favre/EPA
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27 February 2015
Hong Kong woman faces up to 7 years' prison...
A Hong Kong woman who was found guilty of beating and starving her Indonesian maid and...
The Australian government has warned women that joining up with the Islamic State group is unlikely to be a "romantic adventure." UK police photo showing three schoolgirls at Gatwick Airport, England on February 17, 2015 who have been reported missing and are believed to be making their way to Syria to meet up with the Islamic State group. Photo: London Metropolitan Police/EPA
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26 February 2015
Australia warns women Islamic State no '...
A worrying number of Australian women are heading to Iraq and Syria to become so-called...
Beijing says it is not interfering in the conflict in Myanmar's northern Shan State. The Chinese border gate of Nansan, Yunnan, China on August 30, 2009. Photo: David and Jessie/Flickr
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26 February 2015
China stresses ‘non-interference’ in Myanmar
China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei says that China forbids any organization...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, October 16, 2014. Photo: Martial Trezzini/EPA
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26 February 2015
UN High Commissioner says ‘Myanmar needs urgently...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has warned that Myanmar “...
The Facebook post reportedly put up on the Myanmar Air Force Facebook page and then removed. Photo: Myanmar Air Force/Facebook
News
26 February 2015
‘Future Myanmar Empire’ Facebook post taken down
Facebook users in Bangladesh have reacted angrily to the posting of a map on the Myanmar...
Opinion
26 February 2015
Media professional speaks on responsible...
How can journalists reconcile the need to share information with the danger that the news...
Soe Myint in Mizzima's Yangon office. Photo: Hong Sar
News
26 February 2015
Rights that should be upheld
Last week two seemingly unrelated events attracted the attention of this writer. The...
Gmail is now available in the Myanmar language, according to Google.
News
26 February 2015
Gmail now available in Myanmar language
Google said February 25 that Gmail is now available in the Myanmar language, marking the...
Allegations have been made that a 17-year-old boy was forced to join the military. Here, a boy wearing white shirt (R), who was discharged from the Myanmar army, walks past a security official as he leaves after the ceremony of handover for discharged minors to parents or guardians in Yangon, Myanmar, January 18, 2014. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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26 February 2015
Army ‘kidnaps under-age conscript in Yangon’
Two men were forcibly recruited by the Myanmar military in Yangon recently when they went...
The murder of the Myanmar migrant worker took place at a popular ocean viewpoint. Foreign tourists walk past a Thai boy on the resort island of Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, April 1, 2011. Photo: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
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25 February 2015
Myanmar workers arrested for killing fellow...
The Thai police have arrested two female and one male Myanmar workers for having...
The two Myanmar migrant workers Ko Win Zaw Htun (L) and Ko Zaw Lin Oo (L-2), suspects in the killing of two British tourists, are escorted by police officers as they leave Koh Samui Provincial Court in Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, October 14, 2014. Photo: Sitthipong Charoenjai/EPA
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25 February 2015
Myanmar team calls for more money for Koh Tao...
As the Myanmar embassy’s legal team seeks to get bail for the Koh Tao murder suspects, a...

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