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VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - November 16, 2022

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Kabul: Unidentified Man Killed Pakistani Soldier at Spin Boldak Crossing: Tolo News
The US State Department said that Washington’s “commitment to the people of Afghanistan is enduring,” in a recently released ....

November 16, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , US , China , ASEAN , economy , Climate Change , trade , elections , Tourism , refugees , IMF , Human Rights , Diplomacy , UNHCR , earthquake , Health crisis
Myanmar Round Up - March 2022

27 March 2022 marked the 77th Armed Forces Day, and the military celebrated the day with the display of its might, with troops, tanks, missiles and aircraft. This day marks the Burmese army's resistance to Japanese occupation in 1945. However, the cu....

April 12, 2022 Protests , UNHRC , COVID-19 , refugees , UNGA , Myanmar Round Up , Military Coup , Human Rights Watch , WhatshappeninginMyanmar , Ukrainewar , fuelcrisis
An Analysis of ASEAN’s Special Envoy Visit to Myanmar
Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF Article

As Cambodia takes over as the Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2022, the visit of Cambodia’s Foreign Minister, Prak Sokhonn as ASEAN’s Special Envoy to Myanmar marks an important development in the current crisis-rid....

March 28, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , ASEAN , refugees , UN , Military Coup , Human Rights Watch , Whats happening in Myanmar
Myanmar Round Up - February 2022

01 February 2022 marks the first anniversary of the military coup. Last year on this day the Myanmar military took over the power in the country and arrested Aung San Suu Kyi and the elected leaders of the National League of Democracy. In the past ye....

March 15, 2022 Protests , refugees , UN , Myanmar Round Up , MilitaryCoup , Whats happening in Myanmar , HumanRightsWatch , Ukrainewar
Myanmar Round Up - December 2021

The ongoing conflict in the country between the military and opposition forces has resulted in a number of deaths and causalities and increasing human rights violations. The military forces are accused of killing around 1300 people and arresting more....

January 15, 2022 Protests , ASEAN , UNSC , COVID-19 , refugees , Indiain Myanmar , Myanmar Round Up , HumanRightsWatch , WhatshappeninginMyanmar
Myanmar Round Up - November 2021

08 November 2021 marked the anniversary of the November 2020 elections, which resulted in the landmark victory of the National League for Democracy party. However, the military coup in February 2021 led to a set-back in this democratic transition pro....

December 12, 2021 Protests , UNSC , COVID-19 , refugees , Indiain Myanmar , Myanmar Round Up , Whats happening in Myanmar , HumanRightsWatch
Myanmar Round Up: October 2021

Despite the announcement of a unilateral five-month ceasefire from 01 October, Myanmar continues to witness intense fighting. This is because the ceasefire was not called with the loose coalition of ethnic armed organisations and civilian militias op....

November 11, 2021 Protests , ASEAN , COVID-19 , refugees , UNGA , India in Myanmar , Myanmar Round Up , NUG , What shappening in Myanmar
Myanmar Round Up: September 2021

September 2021 marks the seventh month of continued demonstrations and protests against the Myanmar military after the coup. The violence has spread to both urban and ru-ral areas. Meanwhile, COVID-19 has surged and this could result into a public he....

October 13, 2021 Pakistan , Protests , ASEAN , COVID-19 , World Bank , refugees , UNGA , Rohingya , Indiain Myanmar , Myanmar Round Up , NUG , China in Myanmar , Poeple’s War , Whatshappening in Myanmar
Myanmar Round Up: August 2021

It has been six months since the declaration of the military coup, protests and demonstrations have continued. During the month, week, anti-coup demonstrations were reported in Kachin and Shan states, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Tanintharyi, and Yango....

September 10, 2021 Protests , ASEAN , COVID-19 , refugees , Rohingya , India in Myanmar , Myanmar Round Up , civilwar , NUG , Unite Nations , Chinain Myanmar
Rohingya Crises Enter Fifth Year
Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF Article

On 25 August 2017, Myanmar military led a crackdown against Rohingya in northern Rakhine State. The decades of minority suppression, economically, politically and socially culminated with military attacks on the Rohingya community. The attacks follow....

August 27, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , Bangladesh , refugees , UN , Humanitarian Crisis , Extremism , Rohingyas , Myanmar military , UNHCR , Regionalism , Ethnic Cleansing , Drugs
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