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Australian academic detained in Myanmar testifies at trial

An Australian academic who is being tried with ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on charges of violating the country’s official secrets law has testified in court for the first time

The Independent UK

Myanmar shadow embassy opens in Canberra to champion Aung San Suu Kyi’s ousted government

Not far from the imposing, official embassy is a welcoming space in a rented house where Australian and Myanmar flags fly alongside symbols of the resistance

The Guardian - AU

Allegations of torture by Myanmar's military regime revealed in new Amnesty International report

A new report on torture carried out by Myanmar's military regime describes people being hit and kicked, tasered or touched with electrical wires, and subjected to gender-based violence.

ABC News

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Human rights group calls for Australia to 'get off the fence' amid fears of further executions in Myanmar

An international human rights organisation is criticising the Australian government's response to the execution of four pro-democracy activists by Myanmar's military, accusing Canberra of being a "laggard" and out of step with its allies.

ABC News

Fears for more than 100 dissidents sentenced to death in Myanmar after executions spark condemnation

The executions of four men earlier this week has brought into sharp focus the fate of more than 100 people sentenced to death under the country's military junta since the coup in February last year.

ABC News

Australian embassy spends $750,000 at luxury hotel linked to Myanmar's military junta

Official documents reveal an Australian embassy spent $750,000 at a luxury hotel built on land owned and leased by Myanmar's military junta, with activists saying taxpayer dollars should not have been used.

ABC News

Japanese beer giant Kirin, linked to Australian brewers, cuts ties with Myanmar junta in what activists call an 'irresponsible exit'

Kirin is the parent company of Lion, which boasts Australian brews including Tooheys, Furphy, XXXX and Little Creatures. Its departure from Myanmar has been both praised and criticised.

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Myanmar says Suu Kyi held alone in new prison quarters

Myanmar’s military has confirmed that ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to a prison where she will have quarters separate from other detainees

The Independent UK

Myanmar's Suu Kyi moved from secret location to prison

Legal officials say ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from a secret detention location to a prison in the country’s capital

The Independent UK

Academics call on government to let Myanmar students stay in Australia due to danger back home

Myanmar scholarship recipients must return home on completion of their studies in Australia, but senior academics say there is a risk they could be tortured if sent back.

ABC News

Australian economist to go on trial in Myanmar for state secrets breach

A court in military-ruled Myanmar will hear the case against an Australian economist and adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi for violating a state secrets law, a source familiar with the proceedings said on Friday.

Reuters

Myanmar court gives go-ahead for Australian's secrets trial

A court in Myanmar has ruled that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Australian economist Sean Turnell and three other defendants to continue their trial on charges of violating the official secrets law

The Independent UK

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to five years prison in first corruption case

A court in military-ruled Myanmar finds former leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption and sentences her to five years in jail in the first of 11 cases against her.

ABC News

Myanmar junta releases 1,600 prisoners for Buddhist new year, but no mention of detained Australian Sean Turnell

Families of detained Myanmar protesters have their hopes dashed after political prisoners are not included in some 1,600 people released by the junta to mark the Buddhist new year.

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The Guardian - AU

Australia stays silent on outcome of meeting with Myanmar coup leader

Meeting with alleged war criminal a betrayal of Myanmar people that will be used as propaganda to legitimise unlawful government, critics say

ABC News

Sean Turnell’s colleagues petition federal parliament to secure his release from Myanmar jail

Hundreds of academics are pressuring the federal government to explain what steps it has taken to secure the release of Sean Turnell from a Myanmar jail, and to step-up efforts to secure his release.

AAP

Turnell remains in Myanmar detention

Cambodian PM Hun Sen says Australian economic adviser Sean Turnell has not been released in Myanmar, apologising for confusion caused by his earlier comments.

ABC News

Cambodian prime minister admits 'mistake', says Australian economist Sean Turnell still detained in Myanmar

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen had taken credit for helping to free detained Australian Sean Turnell in Myanmar, only to later admit his mistake after the junta denied releasing the economist.

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Bangkok Post

Hun Sen was mistaken about Australian's Myanmar release

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen admitted an "unintentional mistake" on Monday in taking credit for helping to free an Australian in Myanmar whom the military government said was not being released.

The Independent UK

Cambodian leader admits error over Myanmar prisoner release

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has acknowledged that he erred when he announced that Myanmar’s military government had released an Australian economist detained for the past year

The Independent UK

Sean Turnell: Myanmar military denies releasing detained Australian economist

Cambodian PM Hun Sen claimed Mr Turnell had been released before later saying he had made a mistake

Reuters

Cambodia PM says he was mistaken about Australian's Myanmar release

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen admitted an "unintentional mistake" on Monday in taking credit for helping to free an Australian in Myanmar whom the military government said was not being released.

AAP

Cambodia says Myanmar frees Australian

Sean Turnell, an Australian economist and former advisor to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has been freed from detention, Cambodian media reports say.

ABC News

Ha Vu, wife of Australian economist Sean Turnell, marks one year since his arrest in Myanmar

As the anniversary of her husband's arrest nears, academic Ha Vu writes that she hopes he can return to his family in Australia as soon as possible.

ABC News

Myanmar sentences pro-democracy activists Phyo Zeyar Thaw and Kyaw Min Yu to death

Two prominent pro-democracy figures in Myanmar, one of whom has links to Australia, are sentenced to death by the ruling military junta, renewing fears for detained Australian citizen Sean Turnell.

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