At least 30 prisoners, including 20 political detainees, died when buildings at Mandalay's Obo Prison collapsed during the March 28 quake, seven advocacy groups said.
The reform-minded head of the Catholic Church, who upset traditionalists by rejecting pomp and circumstance, died shortly after making an apparent recovery from pneumonia.
Also this week, the regime chief greeted Thingyan with a poll push and more airstrikes, and met with Malaysia's PM, and began moving quake-hit Naypyitaw offices to Yangon.
Thousands of evacuated staff ordered back to work in administrative capital despite over one-third of apartments lying in ruins and official silence over the latest death toll.
Myanmar police are using Czech software that allows them to unlock dissidents' phones, bypass security protections, and even retrieve deleted messenger data.
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At least 30 prisoners, including 20 political detainees, died when buildings at Mandalay's Obo Prison collapsed during the March 28 quake, seven advocacy groups said.
Vast population displaced by war hit by second calamity in city wrecked by March 28 temblor.
The reform-minded head of the Catholic Church, who upset traditionalists by rejecting pomp and circumstance, died shortly after making an apparent recovery from pneumonia.
Authorities cite illegal ownership, fake engineering signatures and faulty materials.
Large numbers of civilians continue to be killed by regime airstrikes as ASEAN chair Malaysia called for the attacks to stop.
The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army has faced heavy Chinese pressure to hand back the northern Shan State capital.
Also this week, the regime chief greeted Thingyan with a poll push and more airstrikes, and met with Malaysia's PM, and began moving quake-hit Naypyitaw offices to Yangon.
Thousands of evacuated staff ordered back to work in administrative capital despite over one-third of apartments lying in ruins and official silence over the latest death toll.
Myanmar police are using Czech software that allows them to unlock dissidents' phones, bypass security protections, and even retrieve deleted messenger data.
Around 80 percent of Naypyitaw's ministerial buildings were allegedly left unusable by the March 28 earthquake.
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