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EU backs arms embargo on Myanmar military govt over recent violence
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 31 (ANI): The European Union policy chief has said that in view of the escalating violence in Myanmar, increased international preventive action is required, including an arms embargo and the bloc stands ready to impose further sanctions against the military regi
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UN Security Council condemns recent killings in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], December 30 (ANI): The UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned the reported killing of at least 35 people, including four children and two humanitarian workers in Myanmar's Kayah State on December 25.
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US presses for arms embargo on Myanmar military after massacre
Updated : 4 years, 4 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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UNICEF condemns killing of 35 people including four children in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], December 29 (ANI): UNICEF on Tuesday said that it is shocked and saddened by the reported killing and burning of at least 35 people, including four children and two staff members of the humanitarian organization Save the Children, in Kayah State in Eastern Myanmar, on 24
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Blinken condemns recent attack by Myanmar's military which killed 35 peopl
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): The US condemned the recent attack by the Myanmar military in the country's Kayah State, which killed at least 35, including women and children and two staff members of the international aid organization Save the Children.
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Myanmar: UN humanitarian chief calls for probe into 'grievous' attack on c
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], December 27 (ANI): Authorities in Myanmar must investigate a recent deadly attack against civilians in Kayah state, UN humanitarian affairs chief Martin Griffiths said in a statement on Sunday.
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Over 30 killed, bodies burned in Myanmar's Kayah state: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], December 25 (ANI): More than 30 people, including women and children, have been killed and their bodies burned in Myanmar's conflict-torn Kayah state, media reports citing local human rights group said.
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Myanmar Military abducts civilians to use them as 'human shields'
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], November 4 (ANI): As clashes between the Myanmar Military and anti-coup forces escalated in Kayah State, the junta forces abducted 19 men from Ka-the village, to use them as 'human shields during the fight.
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UN rights envoy warns of 'mass deaths' in Myanmar's Kayah as 100,000 flee
Updated : 4 years, 11 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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