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Top election official in Myanmar assassinated by guerrillas
1 year, 8 months ago

Top election official in Myanmar assassinated by guerrillas

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A top election official in Myanmar was fatally shot in his car in Yangon, the country’s commercial capital, in the latest attack attributed to militants opposed to military rule. Sai Kyaw Thu, deputy director-general of the military-appointed Union Election Commission, was shot multiple times on Saturday, according to the military’s information office, media reports and a statement of …

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A Tsunami of Crime Washes Over Post-Coup Myanmar
1 year, 10 months ago

A Tsunami of Crime Washes Over Post-Coup Myanmar

The Diplomat  

On the evening of October 30, residents of a downtown Yangon apartment broke down the door of one of their units after detecting a foul stench. The parallel National Unity Government has established interim People’s Administrations and a judicial system alongside a “People’s Police Force” in areas under its sway but not much is said about dealing with crime. Sympathetic …

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Myanmar court sentences ex-UK envoy, husband to year in prison
2 years, 3 months ago

Myanmar court sentences ex-UK envoy, husband to year in prison

Al Jazeera  

Former UK ambassador to Myanmar Vicky Bowman and her husband, Myanmar artist Htein Lin, convicted over alleged immigration offences. Yangon/Taipei – Former British ambassador to Myanmar, Vicky Bowman, and her husband, Htein Lin, have been sentenced to one year in prison for immigration offences following a trial in Yangon, a diplomat with knowledge of the matter said. Bowman and her …

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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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How the Karen became crucial to Myanmar’s anti-coup resistance
2 years, 7 months ago

How the Karen became crucial to Myanmar’s anti-coup resistance

Al Jazeera  

Long fighting for its own independence, the Karen National Union is providing protection and training to those opposed to the military. When the Myanmar military seized power on February 1 last year, the country’s oldest major ethnic armed group, the Karen National Union, was also one of the first to condemn the coup. “KNU people are very kind and very …

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Gunmen shoot deputy governor of Myanmar Central Bank
2 years, 8 months ago

Gunmen shoot deputy governor of Myanmar Central Bank

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A deputy governor of Myanmar’s Central Bank was shot at her home on Thursday, less than a week after tough new regulations were issued ordering that foreign money held in bank accounts in the military-ruled nation must be exchanged for the local currency. She is believed to be the most senior official associated with the military-run administration to …

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Myanmar’s military took control of the country one year ago, but it never expected resistance like this
2 years, 10 months ago

Myanmar’s military took control of the country one year ago, but it never expected resistance like this

ABC  

One year ago, Myanmar's military staged an audacious coup, claiming the heavyweight political scalp of Aung San Suu Kyi and shattering a fragile democracy. "The military coup in Myanmar has been a tragic failure — tragic for the people and a failure for this illegal military junta," said Debbie Stothard, activist and founder of the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma. …

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Myanmar journalist reported to have died in military custody
3 years ago

Myanmar journalist reported to have died in military custody

Al Jazeera  

Koe Soe Naing and a colleague were detained in Yangon while covering Friday’s ‘silent strike’ called by opponents of the coup. Ko Soe Naing is the first journalist known to have died in custody since the army seized power in February, ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. ‘Appalling death’ After his arrest, Ko Soe Naing was sent …

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Myanmar journalist reported to have died in army custody
3 years ago

Myanmar journalist reported to have died in army custody

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A local freelance photojournalist in Myanmar has died in military custody after being arrested last week while covering protests, colleagues and a friend of his family said Tuesday. Soe Naing is the first journalist known to have died in custody since the army seized power in February, ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. The Paris-based …

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Lawyer says US journalist in Myanmar jail seems disheartened
3 years, 3 months ago

Lawyer says US journalist in Myanmar jail seems disheartened

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — U.S. journalist Danny Fenster, imprisoned in Myanmar for almost four months while awaiting trial, appeared disheartened during a court hearing Monday, his lawyer said. Lawyer Than Zaw Aung said Fenster seemed demoralized when he spoke with him in a video conference during Monday’s court hearing, his first opportunity to do so in more than a month. “We are …

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Groups say Myanmar journalists in peril amid crackdown
3 years, 4 months ago

Groups say Myanmar journalists in peril amid crackdown

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Journalists in Myanmar face extreme peril as the military-controlled government cracks down on independent reporting, human rights and media advocates say. Reports by the Committee to Protect Journalists and by Human Rights Watch, released this week, say dozens of journalists are being held, some without charges. In the highest-profile case, two journalists working for the Reuters news agency …

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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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Aung San Suu Kyi faces more charges as UN urges reconciliation
3 years, 5 months ago

Aung San Suu Kyi faces more charges as UN urges reconciliation

Al Jazeera  

Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing four additional criminal charges, filed in a court in the country’s second-biggest city Mandalay, according to her lawyer, as the United Nations called for reconciliation in the violence-wracked Southeast Asian nation. Aung San Suu Kyi’s legal team had little information about the latest charges, except that they relate to corruption and …

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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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AP journalist Thein Zaw released from detention in Myanmar
3 years, 9 months ago

AP journalist Thein Zaw released from detention in Myanmar

Associated Press  

YANGON, Myanmar — Thein Zaw, a journalist for The Associated Press who was arrested more than three weeks ago while covering a protest against the coup in Myanmar, was released from detention on Wednesday. He told the AP that his mother told him through tears: “We thought we’d never see you again.” Thein Zaw had earlier said that the judge …

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Fears grow for hundreds of students arrested in Myanmar protests
3 years, 9 months ago

Fears grow for hundreds of students arrested in Myanmar protests

Al Jazeera  

Detained protesters are now thought to be in Insein prison, but have been unable to see lawyers or their families. The remaining protesters attempted to reassemble and demand the release of their fellow students, “but they shot us again,” Aung said. “They said they will free the students in a few days but it’s been a week and our students …

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Seven dead in Myanmar as Amnesty accuses army of ‘killing spree’
3 years, 9 months ago

Seven dead in Myanmar as Amnesty accuses army of ‘killing spree’

Al Jazeera  

At least seven people have been killed in Myanmar after security forces opened fire on anti-coup protesters, according to witnesses and local media, as Myanmar’s military government accused deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi of accepting illegal payments. The violence comes after the United Nations Security Council called on the military to “exercise utmost restraint” in its response to peaceful …

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38 killed in Myanmar as protests turn violent in bloodiest day since military coup
3 years, 9 months ago

38 killed in Myanmar as protests turn violent in bloodiest day since military coup

India Today  

Thirty-eight people were killed in Myanmar as the military quelled protests in several towns and cities on Wednesday, the United Nations said, the most violent day since demonstrations against last month's military coup first broke out. We have now more than over 50 people died since the coup started, and many are wounded," United Nations special envoy on Myanmar, Christine …

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Retreat, regroup, return, repeat: Protesters persevere in Myanmar despite crackdown
3 years, 9 months ago

Retreat, regroup, return, repeat: Protesters persevere in Myanmar despite crackdown

LA Times  

Demonstrators in Myanmar took to the streets again Tuesday to protest last month’s military coup as foreign ministers from Southeast Asian countries met to discuss the political crisis. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the use of lethal force against peaceful protesters and arbitrary arrests “unacceptable.” The U.S. has imposed sanctions on the coup’s leaders. Protesters also took up their flags …

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At Least 11 Dead On Bloodiest Day Of Myanmar Protests Against Coup
3 years, 9 months ago

At Least 11 Dead On Bloodiest Day Of Myanmar Protests Against Coup

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Myanmar police fired on protesters on Sunday in the bloodiest day of weeks of demonstrations against a military coup and at least 11 people were killed and several wounded, political and medical sources, residents and media said. Security forces intervene in protesters as they gather to protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar Anadolu Agency / …

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18 killed amid mass arrests of protesters in Myanmar, U.N. officials say
3 years, 9 months ago

18 killed amid mass arrests of protesters in Myanmar, U.N. officials say

LA Times  

Security forces in Myanmar opened fire and made mass arrests Sunday as they sought to break up protests against the military’s seizure of power, and the U.N. Human Rights Office said it had “credible information” that 18 people had been killed and 30 wounded. “Deaths reportedly occurred as a result of live ammunition fired into crowds in Yangon, Dawei, Mandalay, …

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Rebel Riot: The punk soundtrack to Myanmar’s anti-coup protests
3 years, 10 months ago

Rebel Riot: The punk soundtrack to Myanmar’s anti-coup protests

Al Jazeera  

Inspired by protesters in Hong Kong and Thailand, Myanmar’s youth aim to grab the world’s attention as they fight to remove the generals. Right now, it’s pretty special that all of them are uniting together and coming together and asking for one thing.” Hnin said that, along with democracy, Myanmar needs young people to be involved in politics, “so they …

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