Union supreme court to decide Dr Aye Maung’s appeal

DMG
Khaing Roe La | DMG
24 July, Sittwe 

Friday, July 26, 2019
Development Media Group

Author Wai Hun Aung and Dr Aye Maung

The Supreme Court of the Union tomorrow is going to make a decision if it accepts the appeal submitted by Dr Aye Maung and author Wai Hun Aung who have been sentenced to 20-years imprisonment, said a lawyer.

The duo had their appeal rejected in the High Court of Arakan State, so they submitted an appeal to the Supreme Court of the Union in Nay Pyi Taw on 29 May.

Rohingya crisis: Only 22% of $920m JRP 2019 appeal met so far

Dhaka Tribune
Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan
Published at  June 10th, 2019

 File Photo of a Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune 

Lack of funding for key sectors may affect the lives of Rohingyas

Halfway into 2019, only 22% of the $920 million annual appeal for the Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis has been met so far, prompting officials of the government and international organisations to express concerns over the slow pace of fund collection.

Top Myanmar court rejects appeal by massacre reporters.

Bangkok Post
23 Apr 2019

Detained Reuters journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone are escorted by police as they leave after a court hearing in Yangon, Myanmar, Aug 20, 2018. (Reuters file photo)

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: Myanmar's Supreme Court rejected an appeal Tuesday by two Reuters journalists jailed for seven years each on charges linked to their reporting on the Rohingya crisis, one of the defence lawyers confirmed.

Reporters Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, have been behind bars since their arrest in December 2017 under the Official Secrets Act.

Rohingya mother appeals for her children to come home

THE Star ONLINE
Wednesday, 17 Apr 2019
by sarban singh

SEREMBAN - A Rohingya mother is appealing to her two young daughters who apparently ran away to come home.

Hasina Begum Hassan, 31, said her daughters, Nurhidayah, eight, and Nurzahidah Zahid Hussain, 13, have been missing since Sunday (April 14).

Myanmar’s top court to hear Reuters reporters’ appeal.

ejinsight

on the pulse

Mar 26, 2019 9:35am

Reuters reporters Wa Lone (shown here talking to media in July last year) and Kyaw Soe Oo have spent more than 15 months in detention since they were arrested in December 2017. Photo: AFP

Myanmar’s Supreme Court was scheduled on Tuesday to hear the appeal of two Reuters journalists imprisoned for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, in a case that has raised questions about Myanmar’s progress towards democracy.

Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have spent more than 15 months in detention since they were arrested in December 2017, while investigating a massacre of Rohingya Muslim civilians involving Myanmar soldiers.