Residents tell Al Jazeera of widespread destruction from the cyclone’s ferocious winds and say they have yet to receive assistance. On Saturday, as “extremely severe” Cyclone Mocha gathered speed in the Indian Ocean and tracked a straight course for Myanmar’s northwestern Rakhine coast, Hla Tun made a critical decision. Many now fear a repeat of 2008, when Cyclone Nargis devastated …
Ye Yint Aung remembers listening to Myanmar's first hip-hop album almost every day after primary school. Key points: There has been an 'alarming' rise in death sentences handed down in Myanmar Amnesty International believes China is executing thousands, but official numbers are unknown Human rights groups are calling on Australia to be more vocal about abolishing the death penalty in …
