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Myanmar's resistance group attacks China-backed facility
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], February 16 (ANI): A local resistance group attacked Myanmar's military forces guarding the China-backed oil and gas pipelines in Natogyi town in Mandalay Region in Myanmar on Monday, damaging the facility.
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UK stands with Myanmar people in face of military brutality: Johnson
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 1 (ANI): The United Kingdom stands with the people of Myanmar in the face of brutality by the military and a humanitarian crisis, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.
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Millions continue to fight Myanmar military's repression
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], February 1 (ANI): A year after the coup by Myanmar's military on February 1, millions of people are resisting a return to repression and isolation and the movement has become stronger.
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Myanmar junta extends state of emergency for 6 more months
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], January 31 (ANI): Myanmar extended the state of emergency in the country for six more months, just ahead of the one-year anniversary of the military coup that toppled the Aung San Suu Kyi-led civilian government.
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Human Rights Watch calls for foreign currency-related sanctions against My
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 25 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that Myanmar's military will continue to collect massive revenues from natural gas and other extractive sectors unless new targeted sanctions block foreign currency payments supporting the junta's abusive rule on Tuesday.
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Myanmar: Deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to four years in prison
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], January 10 (ANI): Detained Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another four years in prison on Monday, the second round of verdicts against the ousted civilian leader.
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Myanmar junta leader Hlaing reportedly agreed to support ASEAN peace effor
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], January 8 (ANI): Myanmar's military leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has reportedly agreed to support the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) peace effort in the country.
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61 civilians killed in December clashes in Myanmar's remote border regions
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], January 2 (ANI): More than five dozen civilians have been killed and tens of thousands displaced due to clashes between Myanmar's military and anti-junta forces in four of Myanmar's s remote border regions in December.
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Rise of military junta, waning of democracy: 2021 for Myanmar in a nutshel
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): The military coup in Myanmar led to a major power shift in 2021, marking the end of a short-lived stint of democracy in the country, and now it seems the situation isn't likely to change anytime soon.
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International community urged to impose sanctions on Myanmar junta after j
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 31 (ANI): Paris-based NGO--Reporters Without Borders-- called on the international community to toughen its sanctions on Myanmar's military junta after a journalist who was covering the plight of refugees in the southeastern state of Kayin was killed during an army a
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Thousands displaced due to fighting in Myanmar's Kayin state, many cross o
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], December 30 (ANI): The fighting between Myanmar's military and anti-junta forces over the past two weeks is leaving thousands displaced and stranded and large groups of people have crossed the border to Thailand, reported local media.
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US presses for arms embargo on Myanmar military after massacre
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday pressed for an arms embargo on the Myanmar military after a recent attack by the military junta in Kayah State that killed at least 35 people.
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