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Myanmar junta escalating media crackdown, alleges rights group
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 28 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta should stop prosecuting journalists and end its assault on independent media, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday.
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Myanmar junta officially nullifies November elections
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 27 (ANI): Myanmar's junta-appointed election commission has officially nullified November elections in which military-affiliated party fared dismally and Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) secured a resounding win.
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Myanmar doctors hiding, being hunted by junta amid COVID-19 crisis
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 22 (ANI): Myanmar doctors are in hiding and are being hunted by the junta as the COVID-19 crisis ravages the country. They blamed the military for using the pandemic as a weapon against the people.
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Myanmar frees 2300 prisoners held for participating in anti-coup protests
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar] July 1 (ANI): Myanmar on Wednesday released about twenty-three thousand people held for participating in anti-coup demonstrations. Many journalists were also among those held by the military for taking part in the protests.
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11 Myanmar diplomats in US, Switzerland refuse to return home
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], June 29 (ANI): Eleven Myanmar diplomats in the United States and Switzerland have refused to return and are creating a united front as they seek to remain in their host countries in protest against the country's military junta.
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Myanmar military targeting lawyers as conflict intensifies
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], June 28 (ANI): As the conflict within Myanmar continues to intensify, the military has now turned its focus to targeting lawyers in its bid to consolidate control over the country and suppress anti-junta voices.
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China's support to Myanmar military a 'major leap backward' for South Asia
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], June 17 (ANI): The decision of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to recognise Myanmar's military dictatorship earlier this month is likely to be a major leap backward for the South Asian country amid ongoing anti-coup protests, says a new repor
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Myanmar military junta accuses armed groups of training citizens for Peopl
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], June 13 (ANI): Myanmar military junta on Saturday accused armed groups of training citizens for People's Defence Force to protect civilians from the military crackdown on protesters.
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Amid post-coup Great Game in Myanmar, China's support for military govt gr
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chiang Mai, [Thailand], June 12 (ANI): Even as many nations, including the United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on Myanmar's military junta following the February 1 coup, China has declared its support for Senior General Min Aung Hlaing-led government.
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Myanmar's military hits Aung San Suu Kyi with new charges of corruption
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], June 10 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta on Thursday levelled new corruption charges against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other former officials from her government, National League for Democracy (NLD).
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UN rights envoy warns of 'mass deaths' in Myanmar's Kayah as 100,000 flee
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 10 (ANI): A United Nations rights expert has warned of "mass deaths" from starvation, disease and exposure in the Kayah State of Myanmar after 1,00,000 civilians fled following "brutal, indiscriminate attacks" by the military.
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Myanmar coup leader vows to protect Chinese-backed enterprises
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 27 (ANI): Myanmar's military leader General Min Aung Hlaing has reassured Beijing that his regime will protect foreign-funded enterprises in the country, including Chinese investment, in a sign that suggests robust relations between the junta and China.
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