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UN in touch with Guinea, neighbors to ensure coordinated response to crisi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations is in contact with national actors in Guinea, its neighbouring countries and the international community to ensure a coordinated response to the political crisis there following a military coup, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said on
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Bangladesh Social Activist Forum hit out at Pakistan-Taliban nexus
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka, [Bangladesh], August 29 (ANI): The Bangladesh Social Activist Forum (BSAF) has hit out at the nexus between Pakistan and Taliban by calling it a threat to regional peace and development at an event in Dhaka on Saturday.
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Japan 'effectively' refuses to issue visas for two military-appointed dipl
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] August 22 (ANI): Japan has "effectively refused" the request to issue visas for two military-appointed diplomats of Myanmar, Kyodo News reported citing sources.
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Japan grants official refugee status to Myanmar national footballer
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 20 (ANI): Immigration Service Agency of Japan on Friday gave a certificate of refugee status to Myanmar national football goalkeeper Pyae Lyan Aung, stating that he could face persecution if he returns to his country.
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Japan calls on Myanmar military to restore democracy, release detainees
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], August 7 (ANI): Japan on Friday urged Myanmar's military to free people detained since the Feb 1 coup and restore democracy in the country during a meeting with the foreign ministers of five Southeast Asian countries along the Mekong River attended by Myanmar's military-
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Blinken urges ASEAN members to address Myanmar military coup
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 6 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday (local time) took part in the Friends of the Mekong ministerial meeting and called upon ASEAN members to quickly hold the military regime in Myanmar accountable to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (AS
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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's deposed leader Suu Kyi hit by new charges in Mandalay court
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 12 (ANI): Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with four new cases of corruption at a court in the central city of Mandalay.
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UN rights chief warns Myanmar at risk of civil war as despair rises
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 8 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has warned that Myanmar could plunge into war as despair among the civilian population rises in the wake of the country's military coup on February 1.
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US slaps fresh sanctions on 22 individuals connected to Myanmar's military
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): The United States on Friday (local time) slapped fresh sanctions on 22 individuals connected to Myanmar's military regime in response to the country's military coup on February 1.
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Japan approves six-month visa for Myanmar soccer player seeking asylum
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 3 (ANI): Myanmar national soccer goalkeeper Pyae Lyan Aung, who applied for refugee status in Japan last month, has been approved visa for six months on Friday, Kyodo News reported.
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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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