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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…
Read MoreAlmost 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…
Read MoreHundreds of thousands have joined demonstrations against agricultural changes introduced last yearRoaring crowds, roti and Rihanna: the view from a Delhi farm protest campHundreds of thousands of farmers, the majority of them Sikh and from the northern…
Read MoreAs rhetoric rises on both sides, Indian farmers at the Singhu camp say they are going nowherePuffing out his chest, his lime green turban luminescent in the morning sun, Surinder Singh made it clear he was a man who would not easily be moved. “We will …
Read MoreSupreme court ruling welcomed by rights activists who say it opens the way to broader prison reformsIn a landmark decision, Pakistan’s supreme court ruled this week that prisoners with serious mental health problems cannot be executed for their crimes….
Read MoreHuman 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…
Read MoreBoth countries say they are disengaging in disputed Ladakh where soldiers killed each other with sticks and rocksChina and India have been pulling back frontline troops along disputed portions of their mountain border where they have been in a standoff…
Read MoreActivists 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’…
Read MoreDraft 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 …
Read MoreWitnesses claim mountaineers appeared not to have sufficient oxygen to make ascent Three Indian climbers accused of falsely claiming to have summited Mount Everest in 2016 have been banned by Nepal from mountaineering in the country for six years.The a…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreExclusive: 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…
Read MoreCases appear low and sports venues are packed, but protests are on the rise as jobs are lost and personal debt soarsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTraffic jams and soaring pollution levels are back. Political leaders are or…
Read MoreAt least 170 missing four days after flash flood that wrecked two dams, with rescuers still at workFour days after a catastrophic flash flood struck a valley in the Indian Himalayas, hopes were fading of finding any more survivors in the muddy wreckage…
Read MoreMarginalised 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…
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