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Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military overthrew the elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021, igniting mass protests that evolved into a widespread armed rebellion on ...
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 ...
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]
Protesters against the military coup in Yangon. The timeline of the 2021 Myanmar Revolution chronicles the 2021 Myanmar protests, known locally as the Spring Revolution (Burmese: နွေဦးတော်လှန်ရေး), that 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.
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
A nationwide strike marked the one-year anniversary Tuesday of the army's seizure of power in Myanmar, as protests and sporadic violence across the country renewed concern over the ongoing ...
Anti-coup protesters have armed themselves with slingshots, molotov cocktails, and makeshift shields. [78] In late March 2021, it was reported that dozens of protesters had travelled to Myanmar's border areas to train under one of the country's many insurgent groups, elevating the risk of a countrywide civil war. [79]