Photo: AP / Altaf Qadri
Russia has warned against imposing sanctions on Myanmar’s military, saying punitive measures could spark a full-blown civil war in the Southeast Asian country following the recent coup there. International powers have sought to slap sanctions on the Myanmarese military as its forces have engaged in a brutal crackdown on... read full story
"push the Burmese towards a full-blown civil conflict."
Photo: Rohingya refugees living in India hold placards displaying a portrait of Myanmar’s radical Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, center, and Myanmarese President President Thein Sein during a protest demanding an end to the violence against ethnic Rohingyas in Rakhine State of Myanmar, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. The protestors demanded that the Myanmarese government provide citizenship and voting rights to them. Myanmar’s downtrodden Rohingya Muslims have been denied citizenship, targeted in deadly sectarian violence and corralled into dirty camps without aid. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
