Abuses spawn Myanmar "heart of darkness": report
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Years of civil war and abuse of ethnic   minorities in eastern Myanmar by the ruling military junta have   left the region more like the grimmest corners of Africa or   Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, a new report said on Thursday.
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Traveler magazine's geotourism editor says the military dictators of Burma (Myanmar) are defacing medieval Buddhist temples at one of Asia's greatest archaeological sites.
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Transparency International names Burma and Somalia as the most corrupt countries in its 2007 rankings
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The United States has moved to put the issue of political repression and human rights abuses in Myanmar formally on the agenda of the Security Council this month, its ambassador to the UN said.
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Myanmar's military junta has accused five students who led a nationwide pro-democracy uprising in 1988 of terrorism and intent to cause "internal commotion" as justification for their arrest last week.
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One of the few unchallenged accomplishments of Myanmar's military junta &#151; securing peace with the country's armed ethnic rebel groups &#151; may be in jeopardy after Prime Minister Gen. Khin Nyunt lost his job this week.
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Amnesty International said in a report released Tuesday that the relentless pursuit of security by the world&#039;s powerful nations had undermined human rights, draining energy and attention from crises afflicting the poor and underprivileged.
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Myanmar and Somalia have been ranked as the most corrupt nations in Transparency International's 2007 index, released Wednesday &#151; adding pressure to the Southeast Asian country's military regime as it faces the biggest anti-government protests in nearly two decades.
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Myanmar's military junta accused pro-democracy and dissident groups on Tuesday of trying to tear the country apart, and urged the public to back its "roadmap to democracy" in a referendum on a new constitution in May.
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The grind of everyday life, fear of being beaten up and a lack of belief in people power as a weapon against a ruthless military junta suggest a string of protests in Myanmar will not snowball into a mass uprising.
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Myanmar's mass release of nearly 4,000 prisoners has sparked faint hopes for political detainees including pro-democracy figures, but one observer it was aimed at easing international criticism over last month's power struggle.
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A delegation sent by the U.N.'s top human rights official began a mission Wednesday to look into reports of brutality and serious abuses in the weeks of deadly violence since the country's disputed presidential election.
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The death toll from a democracy  crackdown ordered by Myanmar's ruling junta was much greater  than U.N. estimates and scores of people were still missing,  activists just back from the reclusive country said on Friday.
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China's human rights record is getting worse in some areas and Myanmar cements &quot;cruel&quot; misrule, with rape, torture and repression, the United States charged in its annual rights report Tuesday.
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Myanmar accused unnamed U.N.   Security Council powers on Tuesday of abusing their role by   putting the isolated Southeast Asian nation on the list of   countries deemed a threat to international peace and security.
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Human rights abuses are growing in Asia as most countries in the region face a breakdown of the rule of law, a Hong Kong-based rights group said on Friday.
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Myanmar's junta sent armed police to ring key Buddhist sites on Friday, the end of an annual period of monastic retreat, to prevent any resurgence of last month's monk-led protests, the biggest uprising in two decades.