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Student protesters jostle with police at barricades set up by police at the student protest site in Letpadan, Bago region on 10 March 2015. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
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10 March 2016
End relentless crackdown on student protesters: AI
Journalists escape from police beatings at the protest site in Letpadan, Bago region on March 10, 2015. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
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17 March 2015
IPI calls for probe into police attacks on...
Authorities in Myanmar urgently need to investigate the arrests and reported beatings by...
Journalists from various news media protest for the elimination of repression of press freedom and media in Yangon on January 7, 2014. Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima
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16 March 2015
Myanmar Journalist Network in spat with govt...
The Myanmar Journalist Network has called on media organisations to boycott the...
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
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14 March 2015
UN condemns Myanmar crackdown on protesters
The United Nations criticised on March 13 a crackdown on student-led protests in Myanmar...
Student protester San Lin Htike (C) talks to media after his release from Tharyarwaddy district administrative office in Bago division, Myanmar, March 12, 2015. Photo" Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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14 March 2015
NGO condemns alleged ‘torture’ of arrested...
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners claims to have received reports of torture...
Student protester Ma Yi Mon Mon Aung (C) talks to media as her parents stand beside after she is released from Tharyarwaddy district administrative office in Bago division, Myanmar, March 12, 2015. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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13 March 2015
17 students released from custody after signing...
Seventeen students arrested during the police crackdown in Letpadan were released from...
Former US President George W Bush (L) and his wife Laura. Photo: George W. Bush via Facebook
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13 March 2015
George W. Bush condemns Myanmar protest crackdown
Former US president George W. Bush on March 12 hit out at a crackdown on student-led...
Two student protesters are dragged by members of a pro-government paramilitary group, the so-called Swan-Arr-Shin in Myanmar, during a crackdown on a students' protest which demands amendments to the National Education Bill in Yangon, Myanmar, March 5, 2015. Photo: Lamin Tun/EPA
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11 March 2015
Undercover Mon State police monitor student...
Plain clothes police officers are closely monitoring university students protesting the...
A group of students and activists came onto the streets of Yangon at 2 pm in sympathy with the protesters who had been beaten in a melee of violence by police earlier in the day in Letpadan. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
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11 March 2015
Police move fast to crack down on Yangon protest
Riot police were quick to crack down on a march in Hledan market in Yangon, beating...
Policemen holding shields as they block the road in front of Yangon City Hall after a crackdown on a students' protest demanding an amendment to National Education Bill in Yangon, Myanmar, March 5, 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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11 March 2015
Official inquiry to be held into protest crackdown
Myanmar state media has announced an inquiry into a Yangon protest crackdown, the first...
Police officers at an EU-sponsored training course conducted at the Myanmar Police Force Battalion (8) at Hmawbi, north of Yangon, on November 5, 2013. Photo: Mizzima
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11 March 2015
EU 'deeply regrets' police violence...
The European Union has criticised Myanmar after baton-wielding police dispersed a student...
Student protesters jostle with police at barricades set up by police at the students protest site in Letpadan, Bago Region on March 10, 2015. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
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11 March 2015
US condemns crackdown on Letpadan student rally
The United States condemned a violent police crackdown on a student rally in Myanmar on...
Students and monks protest at Letpadan, Bago region on March 9, 2015. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
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10 March 2015
Authorities tighten security at Letpadan protest...
Letpadan – The police cordon around student protesters in Letpadan has been tightened,...

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