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Myanmar jails 112 Rohingya for travelling \'without documents\'
1 year, 11 months ago

Myanmar jails 112 Rohingya for travelling \'without documents\'

Deccan Chronicle  

YANGON: Myanmar authorities have sentenced 112 Rohingya, including a dozen children, to between two and five years in prison for attempting to travel to Malaysia "without legal documents", state media reported Tuesday. The group were arrested last month in the southern Ayeyarwady region and sentenced on January 6, according to a report by the Global New Light of Myanmar, which …

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Myanmar to release 4 foreigners, including an American, in broad prisoner amnesty
2 years, 1 month ago

Myanmar to release 4 foreigners, including an American, in broad prisoner amnesty

LA Times  

Sean Turnell, an economist at Australia’s Macquarie University, is one of four foreigners whom Myanmar is releasing from prison. Australian Sean Turnell, Japan’s Toru Kubota, Briton Vicky Bowman, and American Kyaw Htay Oo, as well as 11 local Myanmar celebrities, were among a total of 5,774 prisoners who were being released, Myanmar’s state-run MRTV reported. for Political Prisoners, a rights …

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Friends of Australian Sean Turnell concerned after fatal bomb blast at Myanmar prison where he is being held
2 years, 2 months ago

Friends of Australian Sean Turnell concerned after fatal bomb blast at Myanmar prison where he is being held

ABC  

Friends of Australian economist Sean Turnell have expressed concerns after a bomb attack at the Myanmar prison where he is being held. Key points: Eight people were killed after a bomb blast and subsequent gunfire at Insein prison entrance Sean Turnell was transferred there, according to reports, after being sentenced to three years in prison The Australian government is not …

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Myanmar's junta says terrorists exploded bombs outside Yangon's Insein prison, killing eight
2 years, 2 months ago

Myanmar's junta says terrorists exploded bombs outside Yangon's Insein prison, killing eight

ABC  

At least eight people have been killed in a bombing near the front gate of Myanmar's main prison for political detainees in Yangon, the country's biggest city. Key points: Five visitors, including a 10-year-old girl, and three prison staff were killed when two bombs went off at Insein Prison Thirteen visitors, including a 9-year-old boy, and five prison personnel were …

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Protests in Myanmar mark founder’s 75th death anniversary
2 years, 5 months ago

Protests in Myanmar mark founder’s 75th death anniversary

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Scattered pro-democracy rallies were held across military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday to mark the 75th anniversary of the assassination of the independence hero and father of the country’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted in last year’s military takeover. Since the army took power and detained Suu Kyi and thousands of supporters, 2,091 civilians including poets, …

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Myanmar says it will carry out first executions in decades
2 years, 6 months ago

Myanmar says it will carry out first executions in decades

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military-installed government announced Friday that it will execute a former lawmaker from ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party and a veteran pro-democracy activist convicted of violating the country’s Counter-Terrorism Law, local media reported Friday. Two online news outlets, Voice of Myanmar and NP News, said two other men convicted of killing a woman they believed was …

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Three feared dead as Myanmar army truck mows down anti-government protesters in Yangon
3 years ago

Three feared dead as Myanmar army truck mows down anti-government protesters in Yangon

Firstpost  

A worker for a local emergency rescue team said two men and a woman in their early 20s were brought to a military hospital for treatment Bangkok: An army vehicle plowed into a peaceful march by anti-government protesters in military-ruled Myanmar’s biggest city, reportedly killing at least three people, witnesses and a protest organizer said. Sunday’s march was one of …

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Myanmar military truck rams into anti-coup protest in Yangon
3 years ago

Myanmar military truck rams into anti-coup protest in Yangon

Al Jazeera  

Local media reports some were killed in incident which left dozens wounded in country’s biggest city. Several people have been reported killed and others wounded after Myanmar security forces rammed a car into an anti-coup protest in Yangon, witnesses and local media reported. Sunday’s protest was one of at least three held in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, and similar rallies …

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Myanmar military uses systematic torture across country
3 years, 1 month ago

Myanmar military uses systematic torture across country

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The soldiers in rural Myanmar twisted the young man’s skin with pliers and kicked him in the chest until he couldn’t breathe. “I love you, mom.’” ___ The Myanmar military has a long history of torture, particularly before the country began transitioning toward democracy in 2010. We have guns, and we can just kill you and make …

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Myanmar military uses systematic torture across country to quash dissent, shows investigation
3 years, 1 month ago

Myanmar military uses systematic torture across country to quash dissent, shows investigation

Firstpost  

The Myanmar military has a long history of torture, particularly before the country began transitioning toward democracy in 2010. “I love you, mom.’” The Myanmar military has a long history of torture, particularly before the country began transitioning toward democracy in 2010. We have guns, and we can just kill you and make you disappear if we want to — …

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Myanmar’s political crisis is fueling an ‘uncontrolled’ outbreak of COVID-19
3 years, 4 months ago

Myanmar’s political crisis is fueling an ‘uncontrolled’ outbreak of COVID-19

LA Times  

The dead in Myanmar are piling up outside cemeteries, overwhelming workers struggling to keep pace with the demand for cremations. “You can’t attack a pandemic and healthcare professionals at the same time,” the independent United Nations human rights expert for Myanmar, Tom Andrews, said in a tweet Monday. World & Nation Myanmar accelerates toward a civil war of ‘unprecedented scale’ …

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Myanmar court extends pretrial detention of US journalist
3 years, 5 months ago

Myanmar court extends pretrial detention of US journalist

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A court in Myanmar on Thursday extended the pretrial detention of Danny Fenster, a U.S. journalist employed by an online news magazine in the military-led Southeast Asian nation who was arrested in May on an incitement charge that carries a penalty of up to three years’ imprisonment. “The Myanmar junta’s continued detention of journalist Danny Fenster is outrageous …

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Activists, journalists included in Myanmar prisoner release
3 years, 5 months ago

Activists, journalists included in Myanmar prisoner release

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s government began releasing about 2,300 prisoners on Wednesday, including activists who were detained for protesting against the military’s seizure of power in February and journalists who reported on the protests, officials said. According to official announcements on state media, most if not all of the freed detainees faced charges related to the protests, including Section 505 of …

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HRW says Myanmar teenager tortured, subjected to mock burial
3 years, 6 months ago

HRW says Myanmar teenager tortured, subjected to mock burial

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch says Myanmar security forces beat 17-year-old boy and buried him up to his neck as part of a mock burial. In a new report on Tuesday, the rights group said the teenager was one among many people who have been subject to torture, beatings and other ill-treatment since Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup on February …

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The Americans locked up in Myanmar’s notorious Insein prison
3 years, 6 months ago

The Americans locked up in Myanmar’s notorious Insein prison

CNN  

It was supposed to be an exciting trip home to surprise his parents in the United States, his family said. Frontier Myanmar said they understand he is being held in Insein Prison, Myanmar’s infamous clock-shaped penitentiary north of Yangon known for holding political prisoners and having a decades-old reputation for mistreatment and brutal conditions. Fenster’s family does not know why …

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Myanmar anti-coup cage fighter arrested as protests continue
3 years, 7 months ago

Myanmar anti-coup cage fighter arrested as protests continue

Al Jazeera  

Warrantless arrests reported across the country as military struggles to assert control amid defiant protest and mounting death toll. A popular mixed martial arts fighter who joined anti-coup protests in Myanmar has been wounded by a homemade bomb and later arrested following an alleged blast – among many others in at least three cities – as the military government struggles …

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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 Bloodshed Unleashed on Anti-Coup Protesters 'Absolutely Outrageous, Terrible', Says Joe Biden
3 years, 8 months ago

Myanmar Bloodshed Unleashed on Anti-Coup Protesters 'Absolutely Outrageous, Terrible', Says Joe Biden

News 18  

US President Joe Biden on Sunday decried the bloodshed unleashed against anti-coup protesters in Myanmar as “absolutely outrageous,” after security forces killed more than 100 people including at least seven children. “It’s absolutely outrageous and based on the reporting I’ve gotten, an awful lot of people have been killed totally unnecessarily.” Saturday’s killings came after the junta staged a major …

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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

Associated Press  

YANGON, Myanmar — As Myanmar’s military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day holiday with a parade Saturday in the country’s capital, soldiers and police elsewhere killed scores of people while suppressing protests in the deadliest bloodletting since last month’s coup. “We urge the Myanmar Armed Forces to cease violence and work to restore respect and credibility with the people of …

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Myanmar forces reportedly kill over 110 civilians in deadliest day since coup
3 years, 8 months ago

Myanmar forces reportedly kill over 110 civilians in deadliest day since coup

LA Times  

Fears that Myanmar’s military would launch a brutal crackdown to mark Armed Forces Day were realized Saturday when security forces reportedly killed more than 110 people across the country in the bloodiest massacre since the army seized power in a coup last month. These are not the actions of a professional military or police force.” The bloodletting comes one day …

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Myanmar junta frees 600 detainees including AP photographer
3 years, 9 months ago

Myanmar junta frees 600 detainees including AP photographer

Deccan Chronicle  

YANGON: Myanmar freed more than 600 coup detainees on Wednesday, including an Associated Press photographer arrested while covering rallies, following fresh outrage over brutal crackdowns on protesters. In commercial hub Yangon, AP photographer Thein Zaw, 32 -- who was arrested last month while covering a protest -- was freed from Insein prison. "We released 360 men and 268 women from …

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Myanmar activists hold candle-lit vigil as US targets army unit
3 years, 9 months ago

Myanmar activists hold candle-lit vigil as US targets army unit

Al Jazeera  

At least eight people, including a 15-year-old boy, were reportedly killed in Myanmar’s second city of Mandalay as unrest continues. Myanmar protesters held candle-lit vigils for the dozens killed in demonstrations against military rule, as Western countries imposed more sanctions on individuals and military units linked to last month’s coup and an ensuing brutal crackdown on dissent. Hundreds of people …

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Myanmar coup: Military putting pressure on Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD members
3 years, 9 months ago

Myanmar coup: Military putting pressure on Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD members

Business Standard  

Myanmar military is increasing pressure on a group formed by lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, reported NHK World. It was reported on Tuesday that the military issued an arrest warrant for the UN special envoy appointed by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, or CRPH, a body of lawmakers including NLD members. On February 1, Myanmar's …

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EXPLAINER: Myanmar using martial law to 'legitimize' tactics
3 years, 9 months ago

EXPLAINER: Myanmar using martial law to 'legitimize' tactics

The Independent  

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