As world leaders arrived in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, nearly 1,000 members of the Myanmar diaspora marched near the UN headquarters on September 19, calling for Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun to remain Myanmar’s permanent representative to the United Nations.
At the U.S. congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., on September 16, Sylvia Zin urged President Trump to raise her husband Min Zin’s case with Chinese President Xi Jinping and help secure his immediate and unconditional release from the detention in China.
The U.S. State Department announced Thursday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has determined that U.S. citizen and Myanmar scholar Min Zin is “wrongfully detained” in China, following a review of the circumstances surrounding his June 3 detention in Yunnan. The State Department called for his release.
A few days ago, Prime Minister of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul rushed to the crime and burial scenes in Chon Buri province to inspect the site and oversee the police investigation after two suspects confessed to the horrific murders of two teenage Russian siblings.
Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) called for stronger U.S. engagement with the country’s democratic movement, expressing concern over China’s role in supporting Myanmar’s military authorities during a briefing held at the Rayburn House Office Building on July 24th.
As everyone knows, the military is trying to deceive the international community through false narratives. If Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is alive and in good health, they should allow international leaders and the United Nations special envoy to meet with her. Their refusal to do so suggests that they are facing serious difficulties.
We organized this campaign because our country’s leader remains imprisoned. She and other political prisoners have been held in prisons for more than five years. That is why we are speaking out and calling for their release. We will continue organizing campaigns like this in the future
Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, told Myanmar Global Media (MGM) that the United Nations has been pressing Myanmar’s military leaders to release the State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,