The US State Department plans to downgrade Burma in its annual report on human trafficking because of the country’s continuing failure to end abusive practices.
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Kerry pledges 'strong support' for Burma's democratic transition
At the joint press conference with US Secretary of State John Kerry, Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi reiterated her call to avoid using an “emotive term” to refer to…
Persecution of Rohingya not genocide, US report concludes
The report found that while atrocities committed against religious minorities by ISIS constituted genocide, persecution of the Rohingya in Burma did not.
Thailand languishes at bottom of US trafficking report
The U.S. has decided to keep Thailand on its list of worst human trafficking centres for another year, despite government efforts to stop the trade.
US willing to take ‘leading role’ in solving migrant crisis
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Reform, presidency on agenda during Shwe Mann’s US tour
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