Myanmar

Myanmar junta disallows visit by UN envoy

Apr 10, 2021 02:34

Myanmar's junta has refused to allow a United Nations (UN) envoy to visit the country, which has been gripped by unrest since a coup last February.
About dozen killed as troops, anti-coup protesters clash in northwest Myanmar

Apr 09, 2021 02:48

Nearly a dozen protesters have been killed and several others injured in fresh anti-coup demonstrations and an ensuing crackdown by security forces in a town in northwest Myanmar.
Myanmar’s junta kills 5 more protesters, death toll passes 550

Apr 04, 2021 03:11

Myanmar’s security forces have shot and killed five more protesters, pushing the death toll past the 550 mark.
Protesters hold vigils in Myanmar, US orders some diplomats out

Mar 31, 2021 09:59

Protesters in Myanmar have held overnight candle-lit vigils for those killed by the country’s military regime, and the US has ordered its non-essential diplomats to leave the country amid continued violence.
Myanmar junta opens fire on anti-coup protesters amid international condemnation

Mar 29, 2021 09:08

Myanmar security forces have opened fire on protesters in the main city of Yangon, leaving a man dead, as thousands swarmed the streets across the country after the bloodiest day since the military coup two months ago.
Mike Pompeo rejected efforts by US officials to declare 'genocide' in Myanmar

Mar 26, 2021 00:16

American officials have revealed that former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stopped a declaration prepared against Myanmar’s military leaders on the genocide of minority Rohingya Muslims.
Fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh kills several: Witnesses

Mar 23, 2021 04:59

A huge fire has swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, destroying thousands of homes and killing several people, officials and witnesses said, in the worst blaze to hit the settlement in recent years.
Myanmar street protests drag on a day after junta's bloody crackdown

Mar 22, 2021 10:49

Protesters have held a pre-dawn demonstration in Myanmar’s second largest city a day after eight demonstrators were killed in a crackdown by the military junta.
Myanmar: Protesters on streets again, 3 shot dead

Mar 21, 2021 02:59

Myanmar’s security forces have shot and killed three more protesters in a country that has been witnessing a vivid public display of anger against the military since it took power in a coup early February.
Myanmar: Protests continue, powerful Buddhist group signals break with junta

Mar 17, 2021 06:05

Daily protests have been ongoing for more than a month in Myanmar since the military ousted the civil government and arrested de facto leader Aung Sung Suu Kyi and other political leaders.