The latest conviction for Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi brings her prison term to 33 years after 18-month-long court trials.
The beauty queen is seeking assistance of the United Nations refugee agency to avoid being sent back to Myanmar, where she fears harsh punishment from the military government she has criticised.
Fighting has ravaged swathes of the country since last year's putsch, which sparked renewed clashes with ethnic rebels and the formation of dozens of groups now battling the junta.
Cracking down on resistance to military rule in Myanmar, junta troops have allegedly torched hundreds of buildings in several villages in the country's north last week.
China and Russia blocked the council from issuing a statement expressing concern at the humanitarian situation in Myanmar and the “limited progress” on implementing a regional plan to restore peace.
Slam-poetry-like "Thangyat" has been used for centuries in Myanmar to poke fun at politics and society and vent against injustices small and large.
The measures come as Washington increasingly punishes the military both for the February 2021 coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi and violence against the Muslim Rohingya minority.
The bloc's chairmanship Cambodia says little progress has been made among member states on reaching a consensus to invite Myanmar's Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin to the upcoming meeting.
A UN official has said he will release a report that identifies weapons that continue to flow into the arsenal of Myanmar’s junta and where they are coming from.
Opponents of the military rule have marked the one-year anniversary of the army’s seizure of power with a nationwide strike to show their strength and solidarity amid international concerns.
Arrests followed official warnings that anyone taking part in silent strikes would be liable to prosecution on at least four counts, including under the Counterterrorism Law.
The United Nations estimates almost 90,000 people have fled after intense fighting in Loikaw town in eastern Myanmar's Kayah state last week.
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