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US sanctions 7 individuals, 2 entities over ties to Myanmar military
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): The United States on Monday added seven more individuals and two entities to its list of sanctions for their links to the Myanmar military.
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Human Rights Watch calls for foreign currency-related sanctions against My
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], January 25 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that Myanmar's military will continue to collect massive revenues from natural gas and other extractive sectors unless new targeted sanctions block foreign currency payments supporting the junta's abusive rule on Tuesday.
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US demands immediate release of Myanmar's democratic leader Aung San Suu K
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 11 (ANI): US State Department demanded immediate release of Myanmar's democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the wake of the second round of verdicts delivered against her on Monday.
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5 killed in Myanmar military's helicopter attack on country's Sagaing regi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], January 8 (ANI): At least 15 people were killed this week in Myanmar military's attacks in the country's Sagaing region including four siblings aged 5-26 and one woman who died when a missile fired from a helicopter struck their home, a media report said citing sources.
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61 civilians killed in December clashes in Myanmar's remote border regions
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], January 2 (ANI): More than five dozen civilians have been killed and tens of thousands displaced due to clashes between Myanmar's military and anti-junta forces in four of Myanmar's s remote border regions in December.
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EU backs arms embargo on Myanmar military govt over recent violence
Updated : 4 years, 6 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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US presses for arms embargo on Myanmar military after massacre
Updated : 4 years, 6 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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Blinken condemns recent attack by Myanmar's military which killed 35 peopl
Updated : 4 years, 6 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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Appalled by alarming escalation of rights abuses in Myanmar: UN
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 11 (ANI): More than 10 months since Myanmar's military seized power, the country's human rights situation is deepening on an unprecedented scale, the UN rights office, OHCHR, has warned.
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Myanmar military carries out arson attack on militia forces, kills 11
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], December 8 (ANI): Myanmar junta troops on Tuesday allegedly burnt 11 civilians to death, in what seems to be a retaliation to militia attacks.
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Myanmar: Five killed, dozens injured after military truck rams into peacef
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw, [Myanmar], December 7 (ANI): At least five people lost their lives in Myanmar while dozens reported injuries after a military truck on Sunday rammed into a crowd of peaceful protestors.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi sentenced to four years in prison
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw, [Myanmar], December 6 (ANI): A Myanmar court sentenced ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison for inciting dissent against the military and breaching Covid rules.
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