Myanmar

A Myanmar journalist broadcast live the police shooting near his apartment while he was arrested in a crackdown on protesters against the military rule. "Help! Help ... They are shooting at me!" The clip was filmed from a balcony on…
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Ousted Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi faced court on Monday via video link, being seen by her lawyer for the first time since a military coup one month ago triggered relentless and massive protests. Suu Kyi’s appearance came as…
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Reuters reported, citing political and medical sources, that Myanmar police shot protesters today, Sunday, killing at least seven and wounding several people. "Reuters" indicated that Myanmar police fired bullets in different parts of…
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Myanmar police shot and killed two protesters on Sunday and wounded several as they cracked down in a bid to end weeks of demonstrations against a Feb. 1 military coup, a doctor and a politician said. Police opened fire in the town of…
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Myanmar state TV announced the dismissal of the country's ambassador to the United Nations, in conjunction with the country's protests against the army's takeover of power weeks ago. source: Naypyidaw - (Reuters)
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Myanmar’s UN ambassador strongly opposed the military coup in his country and appealed for the “strongest possible action from the international community” to immediately restore democracy, in a dramatic speech to the UN General Assembly…
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Security forces in Myanmar’s largest city on Friday fired warning shots and beat truncheons against their shields while moving to disperse more than 1,000 anti-coup protesters. The demonstrators had gathered in front of a popular…
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A young woman protester in Myanmar who was shot in the head last week as police dispersed a crowd died on Friday, her brother said, marking the first death among opponents of the Feb. 1 military coup since they began demonstrating two weeks…
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AFP - Rangoon: The independent group "Netblocks" announced that the Internet was cut off throughout Myanmar on Saturday, days after a military coup that coincided with an earlier blackout. The non-governmental organization that monitors…
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Volkan Bozkir, president of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), condemned the military coup in Myanmar and called for “unrestricted humanitarian access to Rakhine state and other parts of the country.” Rakhine is home to hundreds of…
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