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Deaths from post-coup crackdown in Myanmar surpass 700
Apr 12, 2021 03:13An advocacy group says more than 700 people have so far been killed in the ongoing brutal crackdown by the country’s junta on anti-coup protesters.
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Myanmar junta disallows visit by UN envoy
Apr 10, 2021 02:34Myanmar'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.
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About dozen killed as troops, anti-coup protesters clash in northwest Myanmar
Apr 09, 2021 02:48Nearly 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.
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Myanmar’s junta kills 5 more protesters, death toll passes 550
Apr 04, 2021 03:11Myanmar’s security forces have shot and killed five more protesters, pushing the death toll past the 550 mark.
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Protesters hold vigils in Myanmar, US orders some diplomats out
Mar 31, 2021 09:59Protesters 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.
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Myanmar junta opens fire on anti-coup protesters amid international condemnation
Mar 29, 2021 09:08Myanmar 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.
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Mike Pompeo rejected efforts by US officials to declare 'genocide' in Myanmar
Mar 26, 2021 00:16American 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.
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Fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh kills several: Witnesses
Mar 23, 2021 04:59A 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.
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Myanmar street protests drag on a day after junta's bloody crackdown
Mar 22, 2021 10:49Protesters 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.
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Myanmar: Protesters on streets again, 3 shot dead
Mar 21, 2021 02:59Myanmar’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.