By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. General Assembly on Monday backed postponing a decision on rival credential claims for the seats of Afghanistan and Myanmar, which means the Taliban and Myanmar junta will not be allowed into the 193-member world body for now. Rival representation claims were made with the Taliban and …
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By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s ambassador to China said on Monday he would soon leave his post after a two-year assignment where he helped secure the freedom of two Canadian detainees despite icy relations between Beijing and Ottawa. Dominic Barton’s departure, which will take effect on Dec 31, leaves a crucial diplomatic post open …
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(Reuters) – The United States is among several countries to have considered tightening anti-abortion laws, creating new challenges for women wanting to access safe and timely care to terminate a pregnancy. Here are some key facts on the world’s strictest anti-abortion laws, based on information from the Centre for Reproductive Rights, the Guttmacher Institute, and …
(Reuters) – Put on trial by the generals who overthrew her elected government in a coup that cut short democratic reforms she had fought for decades to bring about, Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced on Monday to four years in prison. The 76-year-old’s sentence was later reduced to two years’ …
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By Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) -Protesters threw stones and set fire to areas around a camp belonging to Indian forces in the remote northeast, with one civilian shot dead in renewed violence a day after 14 people were killed by defence forces, officials said. At least 14 civilians and one member of the security …
(Reuters) – A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday to four years in prison for incitement and violating COVID-19 restrictions, delivering the first verdicts against her since a coup ousted a civilian government on Feb. 1. Her sentence was later in the day reduced by the military junta …
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(Reuters) – Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi received a four-year jail term on Monday, the first verdict in numerous cases brought against her since she was ousted in a Feb. 1 military coup. Her sentence was later reduced by the military junta leader to two years’ detention in her current location, which has …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced on Monday to two years in detention on charges of incitement and breaching coronavirus restrictions in a case her supporters called politically motivated. She was orginally sentenced to four years in prison but the military junta leader reduced it two years’ detention in …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Monday survived a no-confidence motion in parliament after accusing the Pacific island nation’s most populous province of being “Taiwan’s agent” and anti-government protesters of attempting a coup. Dozens of buildings were burnt and shops looted in the capital a week ago in violence …
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By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Monday denounced a four-year jail term handed down to Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-court-give-first-rulings-suu-kyi-trial-2021-12-05 after a “sham trial” and called for her immediate release. The conviction of Suu Kyi “closes yet another door to political dialogue” in Myanmar, where the …
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