Articles for Myanmar Coup

Fears of mass migration from Myanmar as military plans to draft thousands
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Fears of mass migration from Myanmar as military plans to draft thousands

Al Jazeera  

Myanmar’s generals aim to make up for recruitment shortfalls and battlefield losses by drafting thousands of civilians. Hoping to make up for recruitment shortfalls and battlefield losses against armed groups fighting to reverse its 2021 coup, Myanmar’s military last month announced plans to enforce a years-old conscription law. “The people believe it is not legal because the people believe the …

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Myanmar military in ‘systematic denial’ of humanitarian aid: UN
1 year, 5 months ago

Myanmar military in ‘systematic denial’ of humanitarian aid: UN

Al Jazeera  

United Nations human rights chief appeals for international action with millions in urgent need of help. Myanmar’s military rulers are preventing life-saving humanitarian aid from reaching people who need it as the country falls deeper into violence, the United Nations human rights chief has said. Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Volker Turk said the military, which seized power …

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Myanmar military imported weaponry worth $1 billion since 2021 coup: UN report
1 year, 7 months ago

Myanmar military imported weaponry worth $1 billion since 2021 coup: UN report

Firstpost  

Myanmar’s military regime has procured over $1 billion worth of arms and raw materials for weapons production from international suppliers since it ousted a democratically-elected government in February 2021, a 10-month investigation by a United Nations-linked body has found. According to Nikkei Asia report, citing the investigation led by Tom Andrews, UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights …

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Timeline: Two years since the Myanmar military coup
1 year, 10 months ago

Timeline: Two years since the Myanmar military coup

Al Jazeera  

The conflict between the military and anti-coup fighters has deepened with violence in nearly all parts of the country. February 1 marks two years since the military, led by army chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, seized control of Myanmar. The UN Security Council could follow its recent and first-ever resolution on Myanmar with a comprehensive and ongoing plan of …

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Myanmar junta threatens to 'annihilate' coup opponents on crackdown anniversary
2 years, 8 months ago

Myanmar junta threatens to 'annihilate' coup opponents on crackdown anniversary

Firstpost  

The Southeast Asian country has been in chaos since a putsch in February 2021, with more than 1,700 people killed in crackdowns on dissent Myanmar’s junta will “annihilate” coup opponents, army chief Min Aung Hlaing said Sunday as the military staged a show of force on the anniversary of its bloodiest crackdown so far on democracy protests. Last year, as …

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Myanmar military deliberately killed civilians after coup: Report
2 years, 9 months ago

Myanmar military deliberately killed civilians after coup: Report

Al Jazeera  

Fortify Rights says 61 senior police and military officials should be investigated for alleged ‘crimes against humanity’ Myanmar’s military and police deliberately killed civilians opposed to its rule in the six months following the coup in February 2021, in a policy that amounts to crimes against humanity, according to new research published on Thursday. Some 140 people were killed on …

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Japan, India urge Myanmar to end violence, go back to democracy
2 years, 9 months ago

Japan, India urge Myanmar to end violence, go back to democracy

Firstpost  

The Myanmar military junta took control of the country following a coup on 1 February last year. Since then, junta has carried out brutal nationwide crackdowns including mass killings, arbitrary arrests, and indiscriminate attacks, to suppress those opposing military rule New Delhi: Expressing concern over the situation in Myanmar, India and Japan called for an immediate cessation of violence throughout …

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US journalist Danny Fenster sentenced to 11 years in prison by military court in Myanmar
3 years, 1 month ago

US journalist Danny Fenster sentenced to 11 years in prison by military court in Myanmar

India Today  

A military court in Myanmar has sentenced US journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison for allegedly spreading false and inflammatory information. The development marks another instance of a crackdown on press freedom since the military seized power in Myanmar in February, ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. A report in CNN quoted Frontier Myanmar as …

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Hundreds of political prisoners freed in Myanmar after amnesty
3 years, 2 months ago

Hundreds of political prisoners freed in Myanmar after amnesty

Al Jazeera  

Joyful scenes as families reunited but experts say international community needs to keep up the pressure on the coup leaders. Hundreds of political prisoners have been freed from Myanmar’s Insein prison, including Aung San Suu Kyi’s party spokesman and a famous comedian, according to local media. The announcement came shortly after a televised address by Min Aung Hlaing, the army …

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Fear and uncertainty for Myanmar dissidents in Thailand
3 years, 3 months ago

Fear and uncertainty for Myanmar dissidents in Thailand

Al Jazeera  

Myanmar dissidents who fled army crackdown are living in hiding in Thailand as they try to seek humanitarian protection in third countries. Over the next month, Kaung Latt sheltered with different friends in Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon, but when the military issued an arrest warrant accusing him of “using popularity to incite the people” through social media “to destroy the …

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Coup, COVID take toll on young people’s mental health in Myanmar
3 years, 4 months ago

Coup, COVID take toll on young people’s mental health in Myanmar

Al Jazeera  

Van Thawng Thawng’s phone buzzed as a series of notifications lit up the screen. Cherry Soe Myint is a freelance counsellor in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, working in collaboration with the Applied Mental Health Research Group at Johns Hopkins University. It wasn’t because of me but the situation in the country.” Cherry Soe Myint, along with other mental health professionals, …

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Myanmar military targets lawyers defending political prisoners
3 years, 5 months ago

Myanmar military targets lawyers defending political prisoners

Al Jazeera  

Lawyers in Myanmar say situation becoming ‘very VERY difficult’ as regime steps up arrests and harassment. As Myanmar’s military struggles to consolidate its control over a country in revolt, it has increasingly targeted a different type of resistance: lawyers defending political prisoners. “Both lawyers had been hiding in Myawaddy since they heard they will be detained soon … Until today, …

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Months before the coup, Myanmar army ordered intercept spyware
3 years, 7 months ago

Months before the coup, Myanmar army ordered intercept spyware

Al Jazeera  

The technology gives the army the power to listen in on calls, view text messages & emails and track user location. In the months before the Myanmar military’s February 1 coup, the country’s telecom and internet service providers were ordered to install intercept spyware that would allow the army to eavesdrop on the communications of citizens, sources with direct knowledge …

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Myanmar marks 100 days of junta rule with protests, strikes
3 years, 7 months ago

Myanmar marks 100 days of junta rule with protests, strikes

India Today  

Protesters rallied in towns and cities around Myanmar on Tuesday, May 11, to denounce its military rulers, 100 days after the generals' overthrow of an elected government plunged the country into its biggest crisis in decades. The junta has struggled to govern Myanmar since seizing power on February 1, with protests, strikes and a civil disobedience campaign crippling businesses and …

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EU Sanctions 10 Myanmar Junta Officials Linked to Military Coup
3 years, 8 months ago

EU Sanctions 10 Myanmar Junta Officials Linked to Military Coup

News 18  

The EU on Monday imposed sanctions on 10 Myanmar junta officials and two conglomerates linked to the military over the coup and bloody crackdown on protesters, European officials said. The announcement came after Japan urged Myanmar authorities on Monday to release from prison a Japanese journalist accused of spreading fake news, one of at least 65 reporters arrested during the …

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‘Bloody paint strike’ in Myanmar as doctors charged over protests
3 years, 8 months ago

‘Bloody paint strike’ in Myanmar as doctors charged over protests

Al Jazeera  

Activists throw red paint in the streets to remember those killed in protests as military charges 19 doctors for opposing its power grab. At least 714 people have died since Senior General Min Aung Hlaing deposed Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s government, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a monitoring group. Doctors on trial The military meanwhile …

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Myanmar forces kill scores in deadliest day since coup
3 years, 8 months ago

Myanmar forces kill scores in deadliest day since coup

India Today  

As Myanmar's military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day holiday with a parade Saturday in the country's capital, soldiers and police elsewhere reportedly killed dozens of people as they suppressed protests in the deadliest bloodletting since last month's coup. "This 76th Myanmar armed forces day will stay engraved as a day of terror and dishonour," the European Union's delegation to …

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Myanmar forces kill over 100 protesters in deadliest day since coup
3 years, 8 months ago

Myanmar forces kill over 100 protesters in deadliest day since coup

The Hindu  

As Myanmar's military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day holiday with a parade on Saturday in the country's capital, soldiers and police elsewhere reportedly killed dozens of people as they suppressed protests in the deadliest bloodletting since last month's coup. “This 76th Myanmar armed forces day will stay engraved as a day of terror and dishonour,” the European Union's delegation …

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EXPLAINER: How Myanmar is cracking down on journalists
3 years, 9 months ago

EXPLAINER: How Myanmar is cracking down on journalists

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military-controlled government is cracking down on coverage of mass protests, raiding media companies and detaining dozens of journalists since its Feb. 1 coup, including Thein Zaw of The Associated Press. The crackdown comes as the military has escalated violence against mass protests and as independent media continue to cover the arrests and shootings by troops in cities …

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Protest Against Coup In Myanmar Intensifies; 18 Killed, 30 Wounded In Crackdown
3 years, 9 months ago

Protest Against Coup In Myanmar Intensifies; 18 Killed, 30 Wounded In Crackdown

ABP News  

As protest against the coup that ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi intensifies, the civic situation continues to deteriorate in Myanmar. In a statement referring to several cities in Myanmar, the U.N. Human Rights office reportedly said, "Ammunition was thrown among the crowd in Yangon, Dawi, Mandalay, Mayike, Bago and Pokokku which led to the deaths. "Police and military …

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EXPLAINER: Why is Facebook banning Myanmar military pages?
3 years, 9 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why is Facebook banning Myanmar military pages?

Associated Press  

Facebook announced Thursday that it is removing all remaining Myanmar military and military-controlled pages from its site and from Instagram, which it also owns. “The role of Facebook is vital in the country,” said Nickey Diamond, a Myanmar human rights specialist with the group Fortify Rights. In a 2018 report on army-led violence which forced more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya …

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Myanmar's protests against 1 February coup are growing, defying military threats and snipers
3 years, 10 months ago

Myanmar's protests against 1 February coup are growing, defying military threats and snipers

Firstpost  

The strikers poured onto the streets of Myanmar on Monday knowing that they might die. An ominous warning had been issued hours before on State television: “Protesters are now inciting people, especially emotional teenagers and youth, toward a path of confrontation where they will suffer a loss of life.” But the military’s show of force did little to quell Monday’s …

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Coup Conundrum: Is China helping Myanmar military build a great firewall?
3 years, 10 months ago

Coup Conundrum: Is China helping Myanmar military build a great firewall?

India Today  

Myanmar's military-linked government is currently busy finalising a tough cyber censorship bill that has sparked widespread disapproval within and outside Myanmar. Analysts and experts watching the situation closely have opined that China could be providing technical assistance via equipment and labour to the Myanmar military in order to develop a cyber firewall similar to the Great Firewall that restricts online …

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Huge rallies in Myanmar for ninth day as army steps up arrests
3 years, 10 months ago

Huge rallies in Myanmar for ninth day as army steps up arrests

Al Jazeera  

Tens of thousands take to streets as the military hunts protest backers and steps up arrests. Engineering students marched through downtown Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, on Sunday, wearing white and carrying placards demanding the release of former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been in detention since the military overthrew her elected government on February 1. And in the …

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