カテゴリー: Myanmar
The gesture was first used after a coup in Thailand in 2014 and has since come to stand for solidarity and resistance across the regionFrom Thailand to Myanmar, pro-democracy protesters are raising the three finger salute in opposition to military dict…
Water cannon used on demonstrators as marches take place in cities and towns across countryMassive crowds of protesters have marched in towns and cities across Myanmar in the largest show of popular defiance so far to a military coup a week ago.From th…
Tens of thousands of people have poured on to the streets across Myanmar for a second day of demonstrations against the military coup, demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and the return of democracy.Myanmar: tens of thousands march against m…
From the coup in Myanmar to the autocratic regimes in China and Russia, western values are under increasing threat Blame Joe Biden for not stepping in more quickly, or Donald Trump for encouraging authoritarian rulers. Blame Barack Obama for lifting sa…
Foreign affairs minister says Australian government ‘deeply concerned’ about reports Sean Turnell has been detained in Myanmar The Australian government has called in Myanmar’s ambassador after Sean Turnell, an Australian economic adviser to Aung San S…
Demonstrators in standoff with police amid demands for release of elected leader Aung San Suu KyiTens of thousands of people took to the streets in Myanmar on Saturday in the first major demonstration since the military seized power, despite a nationwi…
Economist from Macquarie University tells Reuters news agency ‘I am fine and strong and not guilty of anything’Sean Turnell, an Australian economic adviser to Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi, has told the news agency Reuters that he is being detained, days …
Protests have spread across country since military coup, as citizens resist return to dictatorshipOn Friday evening, after darkness fell, the sound of car horns and the clanging of pots and pans and metal railings echoed around the compact grid of cent…
At least 30 people have been detained over pot-banging protests against a military coup as demonstrations gather pace Continue reading…
Party stalwart Win Htein detained at daughter’s house in Yangon as students protest against coupA key aide of Myanmar’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been arrested as the military seeks to quell unrest, days after seizing power in a coup.Win Hte…
Japanese beer company effectively ‘empowers’ junta through its joint ventures, rights group saysMyanmar coup: health workers at 70 hospitals join civil disobedience campaignHuman rights groups have urged Japanese brewing giant Kirin, the multinational …
Instagram and WhatsApp – owned by Facebook and used to organise protests – also restricted, as UN secretary general condemns coupMyanmar’s army has begun disrupting access to Facebook as it attempts to stamp out signs of dissent, days after it ousted …
The detention and charging of Aung San Suu Kyi reflect the military’s contempt for its peopleMyanmar’s people chose democracy. But the generals who had hogged power for decades never gave it up; they only ceded a portion of it to civilian authorities, …
Yangon’s streets were filled with the din of clashing metal as scores protested the military coup against the country’s elected government. The first public rejection of the coup went on for 10 minutes across the city in a massive show of solidarity. H…
Ousted Myanmar leader facing prison as civil disobedience campaign against military coup growsMyanmar police have charged ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with possession of illegally-imported walkie-talkies, which could result in a two-year prison sente…