Update: Lin Htet Naing remains incarcerated in Myanmar Prison
Lin Htet Naing, a Burmese student activist, was imprisoned for the fourth time by Myanmar government forces in June 2022 after the regime...
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Kennedy McCutchen
Jan 3, 20233 min read
Myanmar’s Junta Sentences 7 University Students to Death, Extends Prison Time for Eighth
On November 30, 2022, a martial court in Myanmar sentenced seven university students who attend Dagon University to death following...
Dolunay Bulut
Feb 4, 20222 min read
Academic Freedom and Higher Education in post-coup Myanmar
A year after the violent military takeover, clashes between the junta government and the anti-authoritarian opposition continue to...
Dolunay Bulut
Nov 10, 20213 min read
Controversial Amnesty Decision by Myanmar’s Junta
Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that on October 18, 2021, the Myanmar military, which has been ruling the country since the coup...
Ebby Abramson
May 20, 20212 min read
Myanmar Junta ‘Suspends Thousands of Academics’
Over 13,000 academics and university staff members at various universities in Myanmar have been suspended from their jobs in recent weeks...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 15, 20215 min read
Students Take a Leading Role in Protests against the Coup in Myanmar
This article originally appeared on University World News by Naw Say Phaw Waa After Myanmar’s military seized power in the first week of...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 13, 20161 min read
Myanmar—Lin Htet Naing and Phyoe Phyoe Aung Released
According to Amnesty International, student leaders Phyoe Phyoe Aung and Lin Htet Naing (aka James and Aung Thant Zin) were released on...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 2, 20151 min read
Myanmar's Student Protesters Remain in Prison
Seventy students remain in detention in Myanmar for joining protests against the proposed National Education Law, which critics believe...
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