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Political prisoners concerned by diplomacy red tape

Australians wrongfully detained oversees are decrying being freed only to fall through the cracks back home, citing lack of support for them and their families.

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Humanitarian aid to Myanmar people amid junta brutality

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has reaffirmed Australia's support for the people of Myanmar who continue to suffer under the oppressive rule of the military junta.

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Act now as Myanmar crisis goes 'from worse to horrific'

Australia has been called on to take a more leading role in responding to human rights abuses by the Myanmar junta as families worry about their loved ones.

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Former junta prisoner calls for more Myanmar sanctions

Australia needs to do more to put pressure on Myanmar's junta and kneecap the military's ability to source arms, Sean Turnell says.

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Former detainees urge 'creative' approach to hostages

A group of Australians detained by authoritarian regimes have urged liberal democracies to work together and become more creative in managing hostage diplomacy.

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'Unlikely prisoner' tells remarkable story of survival

Australian economist Sean Turnell became an unlikely prisoner when convicted of being a spy by the Myanmar military but optimism kept hopes of freedom alive.

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Myanmar's Supreme Court hears arguments in 2 appeals by ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar’s Supreme Court has heard final arguments in appeals by ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her convictions in two cases involving charges of election fraud and breaching the Official Secrets Act

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Australia rethinks ‘quiet diplomacy’ tactic as Cheng Lei marks 1,000 days in Chinese detention

Department of Foreign Affairs introduces new measures including asking former detainees to provide views on media tactics and support after their release

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Travelling overseas? Here’s what the embassy will – and won’t – do to help if you get in trouble

What should we expect from our government when we travel overseas, and what can we do ourselves to minimise the risks?

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Myanmar Supreme Court agrees to hear some Suu Kyi appeals

A legal official says Myanmar’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s convictions and requests for reduced sentences in several cases in which she was charged with corruption, election fraud and violating the official secrets act

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Travelling overseas? Here's what the embassy will – and won't – do to help if you get in trouble

Australians are jetting back out into the world again. The numbers are still below pre-pandemic levels, but almost 1.1 million Australians left the country in December last year – compared to 1.3 million in December 2019. According to information provided by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, passport applications…

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Myanmar’s nuclear ambitions could see it becoming a new North Korea

The country’s military junta has long dreamed of having nuclear weapons capacity, so its ever-closer ties with Russia should set off alarms.

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Australia Targets Iran, Myanmar with Economic Sanctions

Australia on Wednesday announced targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against “individuals responsible for egregious human rights abuses” in Myanmar two years after a military junta seized power in the Southeast Asian country. Australia also imposed additional sanctions on Iranian individuals and entities over “abhorrent abuses of human rights,” a…

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Australia targets Myanmar, Iran with economic sanctions

Australia has announced targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against “individuals responsible for egregious human rights abuses” in Myanmar two years after a military junta seized power in the Southeast Asian country

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Australia imposes sanctions on senior Iranian military and leaders of Myanmar's military junta

The Australian government says those hit with sanctions "have engaged in, been responsible for, or been complicit in, serious violations or serious abuses of human rights in Iran".

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Australian government 'deeply concerned' after Myanmar military junta revokes Sean Turnell's prison amnesty

The Australian government and friends of Professor Sean Turnell have criticised the Myanmar military for revoking his prison pardon and summoning him to face court.

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Junta amnesty backflip concerns Australia

Concerns have been raised after Myanmar's junta cancelled the amnesty of Australian Professor Sean Turnell, who was imprisoned there for 650 days.

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Australian jailed in Myanmar applauded in Parliament

An Australian economist who spent almost two years imprisoned in Myanmar has received a hero’s welcome at Australia’s Parliament House

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Parliament pays tribute to freed academic

Economist Sean Turnell has been honoured in the House of Representatives after spending almost two years in a Myanmar jail.

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How Australian economist Sean Turnell came to be in and freed from a Myanmar jail

Macquarie University economist Sean Turnell is free and living in Sydney after 650 days of imprisonment in Myanmar, for what appears to be the “crime” of doing an economist’s job, which is trying to make people’s lives better – in this case the lives of the people of Myanmar.

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Sean Turnell says he 'could never hate Myanmar' despite spending 650 days in 'horrible' prisons

While locked up in solitary confinement, Sean Turnell says he wondered how "a mild-mannered little professor from Australia" could end up "in one of South-East Asia's most notorious prisons".

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Australian tells of Myanmar jail squalor, torture fear

Sydney (AFP) - An Australian economist released after nearly two years in a Myanmar jail has told of interrogations in leg irons, squalor and the sounds of screams from tortured cellmates during his time behind bars.

Reuters

Released Australian adviser supports sanctions against Myanmar officials

Australia should sanction Myanmar's military government and the regime's bankers, Sean Turnell, the Australian economist and adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi said in his first interview since being released from a Myanmar jail last week.

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Professor Sean Turnell thanks those who had his back 'even in the darkest hours'

The 58-year-old Sydney economist and former adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi thanks those who helped bring him home after 650 days in a Myanmar prison.

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Sanctions support over human rights abuses

Foreign countries committing human rights abuses against their own citizens as well as Australians, would face sanctions under a push by the coalition.

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