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Based on 10 verified sources covering Thailand, Myanmar:

The world has seen no shortage of dictators. What differs between them is how they end: some are toppled by their people, some fall as a result of a power rivalry among their inner circle, some die in exile, some end up in prison, a few on the gallow... [2]

Beh Lih Yi leads the Asia program at the Committee to Protect Journalists, a global organization dedicated to defending press freedom and the right of journalists to report safely. [3]

MANILA/KUALA LUMPUR—Southeast Asian countries fighting Islamic State’s influence in the region lauded the killing of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi but said security forces were preparing for a long battle to thwart the jihadist group’s ideology. [4]

Every dictatorship believes it needs a secret police force in order to survive in power, and the more brutal, the more effective. [7]

A member of the security forces with Syria’s new government stands next to a police vehicle in the town of Jableh in the coastal province of Latakia on March 10, 2025. [9]

Washington—Playing in theaters across the United States is a film called “Upside Down,” about an alternate universe where twin worlds sit stacked like bread in a sandwich, separated by opposite gravities. [10]

Sources
[1] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 75% match

Burmese Born Hangs Flag on Saddam

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2026-01-24 · 30% match

Why Are Myanmar’s Dictators So Lucky?

The world has seen no shortage of dictators. What differs between them is how they end: some are toppled by their people, some fall as a result of a power rivalry among their inner circle, some die in exile, some end up in prison, a few on the gallow

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-04-09 · 34% match

Marcos must end the war on the press that Duterte started

Beh Lih Yi leads the Asia program at the Committee to Protect Journalists, a global organization dedicated to defending press freedom and the right of journalists to report safely.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-10-29 · 45% match

After Baghdadi Death, Southeast Asia Braces for Retaliatory Attacks by ISIS

MANILA/KUALA LUMPUR—Southeast Asian countries fighting Islamic State’s influence in the region lauded the killing of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi but said security forces were preparing for a long battle to thwart the jihadist group’s ideology.

[5] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 45% match

Honoring the Conqueror

[6] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 45% match

Dictatorial Diplomacy

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-04-17 · 37% match

Myanmar’s Dictators Have Always Relied on a Brutal Secret Police Force

Every dictatorship believes it needs a secret police force in order to survive in power, and the more brutal, the more effective.

[8] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 41% match

The Latest Crime of a Callous Regime

[9] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-03-11 · 35% match

Syria vows accountability after reports of mass killings

A member of the security forces with Syria’s new government stands next to a police vehicle in the town of Jableh in the coastal province of Latakia on March 10, 2025.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-04-09 · 35% match

The Folly of Sanctions

Washington—Playing in theaters across the United States is a film called “Upside Down,” about an alternate universe where twin worlds sit stacked like bread in a sandwich, separated by opposite gravities.

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