カテゴリー: Myanmar coup
State hospitals are barely functioning as humanitarian crisis unfolds across the countryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMyanmar has reported what is believed to be its highest daily increase in Covid cases since the February…
Residents say 200 homes in Kin Ma burned to ground after opponents of junta fought with regime’s forcesA village in central Myanmar has been torched by the military junta, killing at least two people and reducing about 200 homes to piles of ash and rub…
Local media reported villagers fought back with catapults and crossbows after being assaulted by soldiers during a search for armsMyanmar’s security forces have reportedly killed 20 people in clashes with villagers armed with catapults and crossbows in…
Dozens of grassroots people’s defence forces have emerged to take on brutal militaryMyanmar is on the verge of a new civil war, a spokesperson for the country’s parallel government has warned, as communities increasingly take up arms to protect themsel…
Total and Chevron halt some payments to military in wake of coup but advocacy groups say more needs to be doneAdvocacy groups have called on French fossil fuel giant Total and US company Chevron to further cut ties with Myanmar’s military, after announ…
Dictatorship must be resisted, but that’s not enough. Solving the country’s economic crisis could transform societyMyanmar is facing an economic and humanitarian disaster of epic proportions. There is an urgent need to protect the poorest and most vuln…
Coup leaders ban opposition national unity government, and contact with them, as they seek to quell ongoing protests Myanmar’s military rulers have branded a national unity government formed by MPs forced to flee in the wake of the coup a terrorist gro…
Relatives of military-linked officials are being targeted by anti-coup campaigners in Australia – even if they oppose the junta themselves Bryan Tun has messaged his father only once since February, when a brutal coup swept the military to power in Mya…
Three months after the coup, four brothers tell how they joined protesters fighting the junta before fleeing for the borderThe young men only had a moment to study the river before rushing into the waist-deep water. The brothers – ranging in age from 1…
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Indonesian president’s remarks come after crisis talks with junta chief and south-east Asian leadersMyanmar’s military must restore democracy and stop the violence against citizens, the Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, said after crisis talks with ju…
Daw Myo Aye, labour organiser and a leader of civil disobedience protests, dragged from office by armyOne of Myanmar’s leading trade union leaders has been arrested as part of escalating attacks on pro-democracy figures by the military junta.Daw Myo Ay…
Medics tell of attacks on staff and ambulances to stop treatment of patients and punish those who took part in national strikeHtet Htet Win and her husband were late returning home on Sunday night. It was past the junta-imposed 8pm curfew when their mo…
As ethnic militias back the popular uprising and refugees flee the country, the similarities with Syria are deeply disturbingIn August 2011, Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s then foreign minister, made a “mercy dash” to Damascus. He appealed in person to Syri…