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ASEAN must step up pressure on Myanmar junta: UN expert
ASEAN must step up pressure on Myanmar junta: UN expert
World
by  AFP

Southeast Asia's regional bloc must increase pressure on Myanmar's junta or there will be more death and suffering, a UN expert warned Thursday, after a long period of stalled diplomacy. Efforts by the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to bring peace to the country -- which is a member of the bloc -- have stalled as fighting continues to rage.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi moved to solitary confinement in prison
Myanmar's Suu Kyi moved to solitary confinement in prison
World
by  AFP

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a junta spokesman said on Thursday. (Aung San Suu Kyi) has been kept in solitary confinement in prison" since Wednesday, Zaw Min Tun said in a statement.