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An online news editor, one of my colleagues who had in years past worked as a fixer for foreign reporters, was sentenced to seven years’ jail for the crime of having a photo of Aung San Suu Kyi ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -China has protested to Myanmar over five people injured after artillery shells lobbed during battles between its ruling junta and rebel groups strayed into a small town near ...
The UN has expressed concerns about the ongoing "heavy fighting" between the military and armed resistance groups in Myanmar‘s northern region which displaced more than 30,000 people.. The ...
Protests in Myanmar, known locally as the Spring Revolution [17] [18] (Burmese: နွေဦးတော်လှန်ရေး, Burmese pronunciation: [nwè.ú.tɔ̀.l̥àɰ̃.jé]), began in early 2021 in opposition to the coup d'état on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces, the Tatmadaw. [19]
The following protests have taken, or are taking, place in Myanmar: 1962 Rangoon University protests; 1974 U Thant funeral protests after the death of U Thant; 1988 Burmese anti-government protests associated with the 8888 Uprising; 2007 Myanmar anti-government protests associated with the Saffron Revolution
The protest camp was rebuilt and protests continued. On 31 March a villager was shot in the head and killed by security forces in Natchaung , while four police officers were captured by insurrectionists in Kalay the same day, allegedly attempting to scout the protesters' positions. [ 4 ]
Protests, some arranged online, filled the streets of Myanmar’s largest city on Saturday. Experts told Newsy the shutdowns are likely due to Myanmar residents using social media to express ...
The Chinland Defense Force (Burmese: ချင်းဒေသကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့, romanized: Chīn Deithạ Kakweyēi Tathpwẹ, lit. 'Chin Region Defense Army'; abbreviated: CDF) is a rebel group in Myanmar. It was formed in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état to protect Chin State from the military junta.