by Radhika Upadhye | Apr 22, 2019 | University of Chicago
This coming Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Myanmar is set to make a final decision on a case concerning two Reuters journalists who have been detained in the country since December of 2017. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested supposedly for having obtained classified...
by KATRINA SAYA WEBB | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
When Myanmar began its transition to democracy in 2010, it signaled a new hope for democracy in the developing world. Once thought impossible, the release of long-time opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest was thought to be the beginning of the end of...
by Luke Shapiro | Feb 14, 2018 | Columbia University
The world watched in horror as state security forces carried out ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya in the fall of last year. Many wondered how such a promising case of democratic reform could go so horribly wrong. In response to widespread protests demanding an end to...
