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Blinken condemns Myanmar junta's execution of 4 activists
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 25 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday condemned the Myanmar military regime's execution of four pro-democracy activists and elected leaders.
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UN experts appeal for strong response in wake of executions by Myanmar jun
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 25 (ANI): The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, and the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, on Monday condemned the Myanmar junta's execution of four individuals,
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UN rights expert to visit Malaysia for greater engagement in Myanmar crisi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 16 (ANI): The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights, Tom Andrews, will conduct a mission to Malaysia from June 17-23, in a bid to meet UN officials and other representatives in the region to help resolve the crisis in Myanmar.
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UN experts alarmed over Myanmar junta's decision to enforce death sentence
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 11 (ANI): The Myanmar junta's announced decision to enforce death sentences against four individuals, including two prominent activists, marks the start of what could be a spate of death pronouncements, two UN experts have warned.
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Myanmar: Junta vows to enforce death sentences
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 8 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta announced on June 3, that it would execute four people whose appeals were rejected following grossly unjust closed-door trials, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
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Amid China's funding to Myanmar Junta's resistance groups, call for haltin
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], April 25 (ANI): Amid China's funding to Myanmar's junta, resistance forces have given a collective warning to the Chinese-run copper mines in Salingyi to halt their operations and join the civil disobedience movement (CDM) by May 5.
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Myanmar junta describes US human rights report as 'propaganda tool'
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], April 14 (ANI): Myanmar has rejected the human rights report issued by the United States Department of State, state-run media reported on Thursday.
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US to declare Myanmar junta committed genocide against Rohingya
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 21 (ANI): The United States is set to declare that the Myanmar military's violence against the Rohingya minority amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity, media reports said on Sunday.
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Myanmar military razed over 4500 homes since last year's coup
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], February 17 (ANI): Since the coup just over a year ago, Myanmar's military troops have razed at least 4,571 civilian homes, more than half of which were in the country's embattled Sagaing region, according to a media report.
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Myanmar junta extends state of emergency for 6 more months
Updated : 4 years, 3 months 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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Myanmar junta leader Hlaing reportedly agreed to support ASEAN peace effor
Updated : 4 years, 4 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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International community urged to impose sanctions on Myanmar junta after j
Updated : 4 years, 4 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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