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Ethnic group says Myanmar air attack kills 80 at celebration
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethnic group says Myanmar air attack kills 80 at celebration

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Air strikes by Myanmar’s military killed as many as 80 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority’s main political organization, members of the group and a rescue worker said Monday. The number of casualties at Sunday night’s celebration, held by the Kachin Independence Organization in the northern state of Kachin, appeared …

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‘A living hell’: Churches, clergy targeted by Myanmar military
3 years, 2 months ago

‘A living hell’: Churches, clergy targeted by Myanmar military

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups say Christians, a minority in the mainly Buddhist country, are being swept up in the military crackdown on resistance. “Churches are now empty and deserted,” said a Catholic church leader in Kayah State who, like several others interviewed for this article, spoke on condition of anonymity due to concerns of reprisals. In May, the military justified its attacks …

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Ethnic groups step in as Myanmar’s COVID response falls apart
3 years, 8 months ago

Ethnic groups step in as Myanmar’s COVID response falls apart

Al Jazeera  

Some ethnic organisations are continuing testing and vaccinations in the mainly border areas under their control. As Myanmar’s national COVID-19 response collapses following a February 1 military coup, one ethnic armed organisation in the country’s north has quietly vaccinated 20,000 people in areas it governs, with support from across the border in China. Although the turmoil and intensifying civil war …

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Amid Myanmar’s post-coup crisis, armed rebellion brews
3 years, 9 months ago

Amid Myanmar’s post-coup crisis, armed rebellion brews

Al Jazeera  

Since seizing power in Myanmar in a coup six weeks ago, soldiers and police have gunned down more than 200 peaceful protesters and arrested nearly 2,200 people, and beatings and torture are being reported with increasing regularity. “When we say protect the people, we mean the people of our country.” “If the military shoots, beats, persecutes and tortures the people, …

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