カテゴリー: Myanmar
Junta suspends rules restraining security forces as nationwide protests continueMyanmar’s junta has suspended laws constraining security forces from detaining suspects or searching private property without court approval and ordered the arrest of well-…
Demonstrators called on the military to ‘stop kidnapping at night’ as the military continues to detain officials and activistsOpponents of Myanmar‘s military coup have sustained mass protests for an eighth straight day as continuing arrests of junta cr…
Hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting across Myanmar since the army overthrew the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi and detained most senior leaders on 1 February. Aung San Suu Kyi’s rise to power prompted hope she could end ye…
Almost two weeks after the military coup, one demonstrator explains why she is still out on the streetsIn previous years on Union Day – the Myanmar public holiday marking the agreement between ethnic leaders on 12 February 1947 to forge a unified count…
Human rights council meets as police fire rubber bullets in south-eastern city of Mawlamyine The UN human rights council has been told the people of Myanmar are in “great peril” after police clashed with protesters and fired rubber bullets at crowds in…
Activists criticise oil and gas companies that have set up highly profitable joint ventures with army chiefs to exploit mineral resourcesWestern companies are facing growing calls to break ties with businesses run by Myanmar’s military after last week’…
Draft human rights council resolution stops short of condemnation in effort to keep Russia and China on boardThe UK and EU want the UN human rights council to “strongly deplore” the military coup in Myanmar and urgently demand access for monitors when …
The brazen seizure of power by the military has energised the population and produced a public display of cross-party unityA little over a week after the Myanmar military seized power and arrested Aung San Suu Kyi and dozens of other ministers and acti…
Exclusive: officers involved in violent crackdown worked with European police on controlling protestsThe EU provided crowd control training to specialist Myanmar police units alleged to have been involved in a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protest…
Marginalised groups including Rohingya and members of LGBT community join rallies The Myanmar military took power last week on the promise of “restoring eternal peace” to a country riven by seven decades of ethnic conflict. Since the takeover it has ma…
Protests swell across country, with dozens of police officers choosing to join protesters in call for reversal of coupProtesters have turned out in huge numbers across Myanmar, a day after police instigated the most violent scenes yet in demonstrations…
Prof Sean Turnell is close to ousted democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and was taken by military in the days after the coup“Nostalgia sure ain’t what it used to be,” Prof Sean Turnell posted wryly on Twitter, the morning after a coup plunged Myanmar ba…
Teargas and water cannon also deployed on fourth day of protests against last week’s coupPolice in Myanmar have responded with increasing violence to protests against last week’s military coup, using water cannons, rubber bullets and live ammunition in…
Police in Myanmar have fired water cannon into crowds protesting against the 1 February coup that overthrew the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. It is the fourth consecutive day of mass protest, despite the military banning gatherings…
Huge crowds of protesters have marched in towns and cities across Myanmar in the largest show of popular defiance so far following the military coup a week agoProtests swell in Myanmar one week after military coup Continue reading…