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Myanmar military

Nine killed in Myanmar as junta accuses Suu Kyi of taking illegal payments

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More pressure expected to mount on the junta as nine protesters are killed in Myanmar amid global condemnations since the generals took over power

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    459 days ago
  • Soldiers stand guard along a blockaded road near Myanmar's Parliament in Naypyidaw on 2 February 2021, as Myanmar's generals appeared in firm control a day after a surgical coup that saw democracy heroine Aung San Suu Kyi detained. Picture: AFP

    Myanmar sanctions should target coup leaders, not people: UN

    Speaking before the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the UN's deputy rights chief Nada al-Nashif expressed concern after Washington announced sanctions on the generals behind last week's coup in Myanmar.

    462 days ago
  • The Myanmar flag flies during a march in Yangon. Picture: AFP

    Myanmar grants amnesty to more than 23,000 prisoners

    Mass amnesties to empty the country's overcrowded prison system are common on significant local dates. Friday was a public holiday in Myanmar.

    462 days ago
  • Soldiers stand guard along a blockaded road near Myanmar's Parliament in Naypyidaw on 2 February 2021, as Myanmar's generals appeared in firm control a day after a surgical coup that saw democracy heroine Aung San Suu Kyi detained. Picture: AFP

    Civil disobedience calls sprout in Myanmar after coup

    Myanmar was plunged back into direct military rule when soldiers detained Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders in a series of dawn raids on Monday, ending the country's brief experiment with democracy.

    471 days ago
  • FILE: A handout photo released on 10 December 2019 by the International Court of Justice shows Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attending the start of a three-day hearing on the Rohingya genocide case before the UN International Court of Justice at the Peace Palace of The Hague. Picture: AFP

    Ousted Myanmar party calls for release of Suu Kyi, other leaders

    Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader, was detained by the military in the early hours of Monday along with President Win Myint.

    472 days ago
  • FILE: Ousted Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Picture: United Nations

    Myanmar army pledges new elections, power transfer following coup

    The army issued a statement hours after the army took power, detaining de facto leader Suu Kyi, declaring a state of emergency, and appointing ex-general Myint Swe as acting president.

    473 days ago
  • FILE: A handout photo released on 10 December 2019 by the International Court of Justice shows Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attending the start of a three-day hearing on the Rohingya genocide case before the UN International Court of Justice at the Peace Palace of The Hague. Picture: AFP

    Myanmar's military stages coup, detains Aung San Suu Kyi

    The intervention came after weeks of rising tensions between the military, which ruled the country for nearly five decades, and the civilian government over allegations of fraud in November's elections.

    473 days ago
  • Armed government troops cross a bomb-damaged bridge in the compound of the Gote Twin police station in Shan State on 15 August 2019, after it was attacked by ethnic rebel groups. Picture: AFP

    At least 14 dead in unprecedented rebel attack on Myanmar military town

    Ethnic armed rebel groups have for decades fought against the military -- and often between themselves -- for land and resources in Myanmar's east.

    1008 days ago
  • FILE: Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    Myanmar parly approves panel to discuss constitution despite military protest

    The move comes as both civilian and military leaders face growing international pressure over an army crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in 2017.

    1199 days ago
  • A Rohingya Muslim refugee waits with others for food aid at Thankhali refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhia district on 12 January 2018. Picture: AFP

    Facebook says human rights report shows it should do more in Myanmar

    The move came hours after United Nations investigators said the army carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with “genocidal intent.”

    1291 days ago
  • Detained Myanmar journalist Wa Lone (C) speaks to reporters as he is escorted by police from a courthouse following his ongoing pre-trial hearing in Yangon on 9 July, 2018. Picture: AFP.

    [UPDATE] Verdict postponed in Myanmar's case against Reuters journalists

    Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, are charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

    1362 days ago
  • FILE: Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) talks to the media as he leaves after a court appearance in Yangon on 10 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Myanmar police focused interrogation on Rohingya story: Reuters journalist

    The killings took place during a military crackdown that United Nations agencies say led to more than 700,000 Rohingya fleeing to neighbouring Bangladesh last year.

    1402 days ago
  • FILE: A baby in a basket is one of 1.2 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Picture: @UNICEF/Twitter

    Red Cross chief says Myanmar not ready for Rohingya returns

    Red Cross President Peter Maurer said he did not believe returns should start any time soon based on what he saw during his visit.

    1418 days ago
  • FILE: Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) talks to the media as he leaves after a court appearance in Yangon on 10 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Myanmar court to hear arguments on charging jailed Reuters reporters

    The pre-trial hearings, which began in January, finished last month. The two reporters have been denied bail and have been held in Yangon’s Insein jail since being arrested in December.

    1418 days ago
  • Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy. Picture: United Nations Photo

    'Top Myanmar military officers should be tried for crimes against humanity'

    Amnesty said these people should face justice “for their command responsibility, their direct responsibility, or both.”

    1423 days ago
  • FILE: Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) talks to the media as he leaves after a court appearance in Yangon on 10 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Myanmar policeman who said Reuters reporters were framed details sting operation

    At the time of their arrest in December, the reporters had been working on an investigation into the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys in a village in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state.

    1471 days ago
  • FILE: Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo (C) talks to the media as he leaves after a court appearance in Yangon on 10 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Myanmar police 'set up' Reuters reporters in sting-police witness

    The court in Yangon has been holding hearings since January to decide whether the pair will be charged under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act.

    1490 days ago
  • Myanmar Social Welfare Minister Win Myat Aye (lower 2nd L) talks to Rohingya refugees during his visit to the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhia district on 11 April, 2018. Picture: AFP.

    How the families of 10 massacred Rohingya fled Myanmar

    The Rohingya homes in Inn Din were burned to the ground, and is now scattered across the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh.

    1499 days ago
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