Authorities in China are detaining Christians in secretive, mobile “transformation” facilities to make them renounce their faith, RFA has learned. A member of a Christian “house church” in the southwestern province of Sichuan who asked to be identified by a pseudonym Li Yuese said he was held in a facility run by the ruling Chinese […]
Myanmar does not lift its head. The situation in the country since the military coup on February 1 worsens as the days go by, and the violence is increasing. The desperate population continues with daily protests, many of them peaceful, which end on all occasions with repression and assassinations by the army and the military […]
Detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is “in good health,” said the lead lawyer defending her in court cases brought by the junta that overthrew her elected government two months ago following their first meeting on Wednesday. The deposed state counselor, 75, spoke with junior attorney Min Min Soe via video conference in the […]
The United States ordered on Tuesday the departure from Myanmar of its non-essential diplomats, due to the repression following the coup d’état that overthrew the government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February, the US State Department said in a statement. “The Department updated the status and ordered the departure,” said the U.S. diplomacy, which […]
The top military chiefs of the United States and eleven other countries in Europe, Asia, North America and Oceania condemned Saturday the latest massacre of civilians committed by the Myanmar military, and denounced that the country’s army has “lost credibility”. In an extraordinary communique, the top military commanders of the United States, Canada, the United […]
At least one person was killed and nine others were injured Sunday in an explosion at a Christian church on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, where authorities are investigating whether it was a terrorist attack. Police said in a statement that the explosion occurred when an unidentified person allegedly blew himself up with a motorcycle […]
The Myanmar military killed dozens of civilians on Saturday, including three children, during a brutal crackdown on anti-junta protests in which the death toll stands at 91, according to a local media , although other sources speak of as many as 400 victims. This is the bloodiest day since the February 1 coup led by […]
Gunshots were fired at the US cultural centre in Yangon but caused no injuries, according to an embassy spokesperson. “We can confirm that shots were fired at the American Center Yangon on 27 March. There were no injuries. We are investigating the incident,” embassy spokesperson Aryani Manring said. On Thursday, the US government imposed what […]
