The Latest Breaking News from Sean Turnell

An international human rights organisation is criticising the Australian government's response to the execution of four pro-democracy activists by Myanmar's military, accusing Canberra of being a "laggard" and out of step with its allies.

The executions of four men earlier this week has brought into sharp focus the fate of more than 100 people sentenced to death under the country's military junta since the coup in February last year.

Myanmar scholarship recipients must return home on completion of their studies in Australia, but senior academics say there is a risk they could be tortured if sent back.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar will hear the case against an Australian economist and adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi for violating a state secrets law, a source familiar with the proceedings said on Friday. 

A court in Myanmar has ruled that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Australian economist Sean Turnell and three other defendants to continue their trial on charges of violating the official secrets law

A court in military-ruled Myanmar finds former leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption and sentences her to five years in jail in the first of 11 cases against her.

Families of detained Myanmar protesters have their hopes dashed after political prisoners are not included in some 1,600 people released by the junta to mark the Buddhist new year.

Meeting with alleged war criminal a betrayal of Myanmar people that will be used as propaganda to legitimise unlawful government, critics say

Hundreds of academics are pressuring the federal government to explain what steps it has taken to secure the release of Sean Turnell from a Myanmar jail, and to step-up efforts to secure his release.