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View all search resultsFormer US diplomat Bill Richardson on visit to Myanmar
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the February coup ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Unable to quell dissent, security forces have launched a bloody crackdown that has killed more than 1,200 people, according to a local monitoring group.
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Bill Richardson, President, Richardson Center, attends the Doha Forum 2019 at the Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Hotel in Doha, Qatar, December 15th of 2019. (AFP/Ammar Abd Rabbo)
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ormer United States diplomat and hostage negotiator Bill Richardson has arrived in Myanmar on a "private humanitarian mission", his organisation said, as the country enters nine months under a junta that has detained a US journalist.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the February coup ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Unable to quell dissent, security forces have launched a bloody crackdown that has killed more than 1,200 people, according to a local monitoring group.
Former UN ambassador Richardson will "discuss... humanitarian delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, medical supplies, and other public health needs," his organisation, the Richardson Center, said in a statement announcing his departure on Sunday.
The statement did not mention whether Richardson would raise the case of American journalist Danny Fenster, who was detained in May and has since been charged with encouraging dissent against the military and unlawful association.
The managing editor of local news outlet Frontier Myanmar, Fenster was detained at Yangon International Airport as he attempted to leave the country.
He is currently on trial and faces six years in jail if convicted on both charges.
Local media Myanmar Now reported that Richardson was due to meet the junta leader and other senior officials.
