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Student protesters and Buddhist monks jostle with police at barricades set up by police at the students protest site in Letpadan, Bago Region, March 10, 2015. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima 
24 April 2015
Authorities in Myanmar must end their on-going clampdown on student protesters and their...
The Yangon government's hiring young men to break up a protest in Yangon has raised questions as to whether the authorities are returning to the dark days of the former military junta. Photo: Mizzima
07 April 2015
“If you take the mask off, it is still a military regime underneath.” That was the...
Police arrest students and other protestors in Letpadan. Photo: Thet Ko
01 April 2015
“I am safe,” said the long-awaited message that ended days of anxiety about the...
Danish students show support in the "We support Myanmar students" Facebook campaign. Photo: We support Myanmar Students/Facebook
01 April 2015
Over 25,000 people from Myanmar and the around the world have joined a campaign on...
A student is brought to court in Letpadan, Bago region on March 25, 2015. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
31 March 2015
The United States voiced concern on March 30 at the arrest of and charges against...
Students on motorcycles shout slogans during a protest against the violent police crackdown in Letpadan and calling to free all detained students, in Mandalay on March 27, 2015. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima
28 March 2015
Police are reported to have made several arrests after students to the streets across...
Students walk along the Adipadi road of Yangon University in Yangon, Myanmar, December 5, 2013. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
27 March 2015
Proposals to allow Myanmar students to form unions for the first time in decades passed...
Students, families and supporters rally outside the Letpadan court on March 25, 2015. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
26 March 2015
One of the lawyers representing the students arrested in Letpadan that they could each be...
A total of 69 of students and supporters are taken back to prison after a hearing at Letpadan Township Court on March 25, 2015. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
25 March 2015
Dozens of Myanmar activists arrived at court for a hearing in the central town of...
Amyotha Hluttaw, the upper house of the Myanmar parliament. Photo: Mizzima
25 March 2015
Myanmar’s upper house of parliament began discussions on March 24 on amendments to the...
Daw Khin Khin Yu, mother of student leader Ko Min Thway Thit at Thayawady Prison on March 20, 2015. Photo: Chocho Bakatha/Facebook
21 March 2015
The parents of two detained student leaders Ko Min Thway Thit and Ma Phyo Phyo Aung met...
White armband campaign gets underway in Yangon March 13, 2015. Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima
20 March 2015
A white armband campaign was launched on March 19 in Yangon and another 19 townships as a...

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