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Fears of military crackdown as Myanmar police use water cannon against anti-coup protesters
Feb 08, 2021 12:07Tensions continue to simmer in Myanmar amid growing opposition to last week’s military coup, as the authorities' patience appears to be wearing thin, with police using water cannon against protesters in the tightly-controlled capital.
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Thousands protest against military coup in Myanmar's biggest city
Feb 06, 2021 17:06Thousands of Myanmarese people have taken to the streets in the largest city of Yangon to denounce a military coup that ousted the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Chi.
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Anti-coup protests held in Myanmar
Feb 05, 2021 15:59Hundreds of people, led by students and teachers, have staged several protests across Myanmar to denounce the recent military coup in the country and call for a return to civilian rule.
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UN Security Council calls for release of detainees in coup-hit Myanmar
Feb 05, 2021 14:18The United Nations Security Council has expressed “deep concern” by the recent military coup in Myanmar, calling for the “release of all detainees”, including the Southeast Asian country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Myanmar civil servants protest against coup at ministries
Feb 05, 2021 10:00Myanmar civil servants at ministries in Naypyidaw walk out and pose with red ribbon signs, displaying a three-finger salute borrowed from Thailand's democracy movements, and sang a popular revolution song to protest against Monday’s coup.
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Rohingya refugees suffering mental distress
Feb 04, 2021 19:39The recent coup in Myanmar compounds the nationwide instability and stress that fuel the mental-health crisis festering among Rohingya survivors and places real solutions further out of reach.
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UN chief vows to rally global pressure to ensure Myanmar coup fails
Feb 04, 2021 07:54United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has pledged to increase international pressure on Myanmar to ensure the failure of the recent military coup in the Southeast Asian country.
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Would the cruel woman’s ouster end cruelties for Rohingya Muslims?
Feb 03, 2021 22:11Irrespective of whether or not they keep their word, the UN and the West, if they are really sincere in their lip service for the world’s most persecuted people, should seriously engage the military rulers to redress the plight of the Rohingya, instead of shedding tears for Aung San Suu Kyi, and her so-called civilian colleagues, who had rigged the recent elections to secure 322 seats required to form the government.
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Myanmar’s police file charges against Suu Kyi
Feb 03, 2021 19:13Myanmar’s police have filed charges against the overthrown de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and sought her detention until mid-February for investigation in the wake of a recent military coup.
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G7 calls for return to political rule in coup-hit Myanmar
Feb 03, 2021 09:04Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized countries have expressed deep concern about the recent military coup in Myanmar and the detention of the country’s top political leaders.