Myanmar

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...