Britain said it is willing to offer shelter to Myanmar’s ambassador to London after he was ousted from his embassy by pro-junta diplomats. Kyaw Zwar Minn met yesterday with Nigel Adams, Britain’s Foreign Office minister for Asia, after his hosts said they could no longer recognise him as ambassador in […]
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Myanmar’s UK envoy says military attache ‘occupied’ embassy
Myanmar’s ambassador to Britain accused a Yangon military-linked figure of occupying the embassy yesterday and barring him access, in an extraordinary diplomatic stand-off a month after the envoy called for the junta to release ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Protesters gathered outside the building in London’s Mayfair neighbourhood […]
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Myanmar protesters paint Yangon red, defying bloody army crackdown
Opponents of Myanmar’s military junta sprayed red paint on roads in the country’s biggest city today to mark the deaths of hundreds of “martyrs” killed by troops, as the crisis dragged on with no clear diplomatic solution in sight. Some 570 people have been killed during nearly two months of […]
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Myanmar protesters defy military as internet curbs test resolve
Demonstrators in Myanmar held protests demanding the restoration of Aung San Suu Kyi government today and called for more coordinated nationwide dissent, defying the military’s moves to suppress attempts to rally opposition to its two-month rule. Six people were killed at the weekend, according to activists, as police and soldiers […]
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4 killed by military forces in Myanmar, death toll since coup reaches 557
Myanmar military’s severe crackdown on anti-coup protests continued as four more people died when security forces opened fire in Monywa township and other areas. According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), the main strike occurred in Monywa township where three civilians including a man serving in the People’s Defense […]
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Five killed in Myanmar protests as junta cracks down on online critics
Myanmar security forces opened fire on pro-democracy protests today killing five people, a protester and media said, as the military reinforced its bid to end dissent with arrest warrants for online critics and internet blocks. Despite the killing of more than 550 people by the security forces since the February […]
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Myanmar: Detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces new charge under official secrets law
After over two months since the military coup in Myanmar on February 1, the country’s detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was slapped with another charge on Thursday under the official secrets law. Since her detainment, Suu Kyi is facing a total of five charges, including the latest one, Kyodo News reported. The […]
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Myanmar ‘traitors’ hounded in online anti-coup campaign
As Myanmar descends into chaos, smartphone warriors in the anti-coup movement are seeking revenge online against the junta, hounding people with family ties to the military as a form of “social punishment”. The country has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in February […]
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Myanmar aid workers arrested, intimidated, hurt, Red Cross says
Myanmar Red Cross workers have been arrested, intimidated and injured on the front lines as they tried to treat mounting civilian casualties, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said today. The agency said it was deeply concerned at the growing humanitarian crisis two months after the […]
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HAL denies having business links with Myanmar’s military
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has denied having any business links with the military forces in Myanmar. The statement came after a UNHRC report on Myanmar and Stockholm International Peace and Research Institute Arms Transfers Database claimed that HAL supplied equipment to Myanmar’s military from 2017-19. “The report is factually incorrect. HAL has had no business dealings with Myanmar Defence Forces […]
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Myanmar crackdown death toll passes 500
More than 500 people have been killed in the Myanmar junta’s brutal crackdown on protests against its coup to oust civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a local monitoring group said today. The grim toll was passed as world powers ramped up their condemnation of the military’s ruthless campaign against […]
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Over 300 people killed in Myanmar since February 1 military coup
A total of 2,981 people have been arrested and 320 people have been killed in the escalating violence in Myanmar following the hostile coup on February 1, according to Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). In a daily briefing on Thursday, the non-profit organisation said that nine people were shot dead yesterday […]
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Myanmar junta faces calls to halt bloodshed but more die in anti-coup protests
International pressure on Myanmar’s military junta to halt its repression of pro-democracy protests following last month’s coup increased yesterday but on the streets, security forces shot dead at least nine demonstrators in an unrelenting crackdown. Calls for dialogue and the end to the bloodshed came from several of Myanmar’s Southeast […]
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Crackdown triggers exodus from Myanmar’s biggest city
Roads out of Myanmar’s biggest city were choked today with people fleeing the junta’s deadly crackdown on anti-coup dissent, as authorities in neighbouring Thailand said they were preparing for an influx of refugees. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February […]
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Call for fresh anti-coup protests in Myanmar as US and allies vow to restore democracy
Activists called for more anti-coup protests in Myanmar today, the death anniversary of a student whose killing in 1988 sparked widespread protests against the government and led to the emergence of Aung San Suu Kyi as a democracy icon. The calls came as the leaders of the United States, India, […]