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UN chief calls for release of civilian leaders in Mali
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 26 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is continuing to monitor the evolving situation in Mali closely following the arrest of civilian leaders by the military junta, his spokesperson informed on Tuesday.
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Coup underway in Mali as president, PM and defense minister arrested
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bamako [Mali], May 25 (ANI): Military junta in Mali has arrested President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and Defence minister Souleymane Doucoure of the country's interim government following a cabinet reshuffle on Monday.
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Myanmar: 13 security forces members killed in clash with anti-coup bloc's
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 24 (ANI): More than 13 members of the security forces were killed in a clash between fighters, who are opposed to Myanmar's military junta, and the country's troops in the country's east.
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Myanmar: Local offical shot dead after bombings in Yangon
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 19 (ANI): Two bombs exploded on Wednesday morning near a ward administrator's office in downtown Yangon, injuring two security officers.
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US imposes fresh sanctions on Myanmar junta
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 17 (ANI): The United States on Monday imposed new sanctions on Myanmar's administrative body and high-ranking officials in the latest punitive move following the country's military coup on February 1.
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Political prisoners in Myanmar subjected to inhumane treatment by military
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 16 (ANI): A Japanese freelance journalist, who spent nearly four weeks in a Myanmar prison before returning to Japan on Friday, said that political prisoners imprisoned by the military are being subjected to inhumane conditions.
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Noted Myanmar anti-coup activist dies after being set ablaze by unidentifi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 16 (ANI): Amid human rights violations in military-ruled Myanmar, a noted Myanmarese poet, philanthropist and veteran politician died after he was set ablaze by an unidentified man. This is being seen as another act perpetrated by the junta's security forces in the c
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Japanese scribe detained in Myanmar released, set to return home: Foreign
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] May 14 (ANI): Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Friday announced that Japanese scribe Yuki Kitazumi, detained in Myanmar last month over allegedly discrediting the country's military junta, has been released and is set to return home.
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Time for businesses in Myanmar to take stand on rights violations: UN expe
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 13 (ANI): A group of UN experts on Wednesday (local time) called on businesses in Myanmar to uphold their human rights responsibilities and put pressure on the military junta to halt grave human rights violations.
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Myanmar's junta brands ousted lawmakers terrorists
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 9 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta has designated the National Unity Government ousted in a February coup, and its defense force as terrorist groups, NHK World reports.
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Myanmar residents call on Japan to recognise anti-military body as legitim
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 3 (ANI): Thousands of Myanmarese residents in Japan took the streets to call upon Tokyo to recognise the National Unity Government (NUG), an organisation set up in opposition to the February 1 military coup, as Myanmar's legitimate governing body.
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Myanmar's military govt blocks social media, internet to gain control over
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 3 (ANI): The Burmese military regime has arrested journalists and banned independent media in order to gain control over information and crackdown on protesters and the opposition movement.
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