Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta has led Parliament in condemning the Myanmar military junta for its execution of four democracy activists. New Zealand will reopen a diplomatic post in junta-ruled Myanmar, as the Government also confers with an exiled civilian government. More than 900 refugees from Myanmar had arrived in New Zealand between 2016 and 2021, she said. Uncredited/AP Protesters walk through a market with posters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi at Kamayut township in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 8, 2021. Geels said the military junta was continuing a “brutal suppression of dissent”, and more than 2300 civilians had reportedly been killed.

Source: Stuff November 02, 2022 16:28 UTC