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Myanmar's election commission mulls dissolving Suu Kyi's NLD over allegati
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 22 (ANI): Myanmar's election commission is considering dissolving Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party over allegations of fraud during last year's election.
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Myanmar's military regime reorganises committees to implement projects rel
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 20 (ANI): In a move that shows closeness of Myanmar's military regime with China, Tatmadaw (Myanmar military) on Tuesday reorganized three crucial committees to move ahead with plans to implement giant infrastructure projects that are a key part of China's Belt and R
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Myanmar: Local offical shot dead after bombings in Yangon
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 19 (ANI): Two bombs exploded on Wednesday morning near a ward administrator's office in downtown Yangon, injuring two security officers.
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US, UK, Canada announce more sanctions on Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London/Toronto [UK/Canada], May 18 (ANI): The United States, Britain and Canada on Monday announced additional sanctions on Myanmar's military in the latest punitive move following the continued oppression of citizens protesting February's coup.
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US imposes fresh sanctions on Myanmar junta
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 17 (ANI): The United States on Monday imposed new sanctions on Myanmar's administrative body and high-ranking officials in the latest punitive move following the country's military coup on February 1.
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Myanmar UN envoy urges international community to cut Tatmadaw's finance f
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 17 (ANI): Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations Kyaw Moe Tun has urged the international community to cut off financial flows to the country's military Tatmadaw.
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Political prisoners in Myanmar subjected to inhumane treatment by military
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 16 (ANI): A Japanese freelance journalist, who spent nearly four weeks in a Myanmar prison before returning to Japan on Friday, said that political prisoners imprisoned by the military are being subjected to inhumane conditions.
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Noted Myanmar anti-coup activist dies after being set ablaze by unidentifi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 16 (ANI): Amid human rights violations in military-ruled Myanmar, a noted Myanmarese poet, philanthropist and veteran politician died after he was set ablaze by an unidentified man. This is being seen as another act perpetrated by the junta's security forces in the c
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Myanmar military govt announces reopening of schools from June 1, but teac
Updated : 4 years, 10 months 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 : 4 years, 10 months 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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Time for businesses in Myanmar to take stand on rights violations: UN expe
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 13 (ANI): A group of UN experts on Wednesday (local time) called on businesses in Myanmar to uphold their human rights responsibilities and put pressure on the military junta to halt grave human rights violations.
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US releases 2020 International Religious Freedom Report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday (local time) released the 2020 International Religious Freedom Report, which offers a comprehensive review of the state of religious freedom in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world.
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