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Myanmar military govt announces reopening of schools from June 1, but teac
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 15 (ANI): Myanmar's military government announced it will reopen public schools on June 1 but many teachers and students opposed to the coup might refuse to return.
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Japanese scribe detained in Myanmar released, set to return home: Foreign
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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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'No sign' of end to brutal crackdown in Myanmar: UN
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): One hundred days since the Myanmar military coup, the "brutal" repression of protesters has continued, despite all international efforts to end the violence, the UN rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday (local time).
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Myanmar military deploys Chinese drones to guide its lethal clampdown on p
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 9 (ANI): As violent protests continue in the country, Myanmar's military has deployed Chinese-made drones to survey the situation and to guide its lethal clampdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.
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Myanmar's junta brands ousted lawmakers terrorists
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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's military govt blocks social media, internet to gain control over
Updated : 5 years, 2 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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Myanmar's civil war spreading from remote frontier areas to urban centres
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Chiang Mai [Myanmar], May 3 (ANI): Unclaimed attacks on Myanmar military airbases signal a possible spread of civil war from remote frontier areas to urban centres.
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UN warns Myanmar on the brink of economic disaster due to coup, COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], May 2 (ANI): The United Nations on Thursday warned Myanmar that it is on the brink of economic disaster due to the double shock of the military coup and COVID-19 pandemic.
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Photographs, videos expose Myanmar's military brutality of shooting anti-c
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 28 (ANI): Digital data by anti-coup protesters in the form of photographs and videos have exposed Myanmar's military brutality. In one case, they may have revealed what happened to a teenage protester whose image has become a symbol of the resistance.
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Literally a matter of life or death: UN expert urges Myanmar military to c
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 28 (ANI): A United Nations expert has urged the Myanmar military to honour a pledge made at the ASEAN Summit to an "immediate cessation of violence".
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Myanmar: Hundreds detained in undisclosed locations since coup
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 25 (ANI): Hundreds of people in Myanmar are being held in undisclosed locations throughout the country since the military coup, leading to speculations that they may not be alive.
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740 people killed so far in Myanmar since Feb 1 military coup
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 24 (ANI): As violence continues to intensify in Myanmar, 740 people have been confirmed to be killed since the military takeover on February 1, according to Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
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