crackdown in Myanmar

Soldiers stand guard on a street as tensions rise in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
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23 February 2022
EU expands Myanmar junta sanctions over crackdown
Myanmar's Military Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. Photo: AFP
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30 January 2022
Governments should deny abusive Myanmar junta...
Since the military coup on February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s junta has carried out a brutal...
Protesters hold up the three-finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon. Photo: AFP
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19 August 2021
Myanmar junta crackdown death toll passes 1,000
Myanmar's security forces have killed more than 1,000 civilians since the military ousted...
This picture taken on October 10, 2012 shows Muslim Rohingyas pictured outside their tents at the Dabang Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, located on the outskirts of Sittwe, capital of Myanmar's western Rakhine state. Photo: AFP
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18 August 2021
Rohingya to give first testimony in push for...
Rohingya refugees expelled from Myanmar in a bloody crackdown are to testify in court for...
(File) BBC correspondent Aung Thura (top, C-L) and Mizzima journalist Than Htike Aung (C-R) walk among demonstrators during a protest in Naypyidaw, 08 February 2021. Photo: EPA
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29 June 2021
Bringing you news of Myanmar’s crisis
We in Myanmar are facing many challenges since the 1 February military coup owing to the...
This is the map of the countries which signed the Belt and Road Initiative cooperation documents (Photo: Wikipedia)
Business
16 May 2021
China’s Myanmar lessons temper its BRI ambitions
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is up against a huge...
The centre of Rome, Italy. Photo: EPA
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02 March 2021
Italy summons Myanmar envoy over protest crackdown
Italy's foreign ministry said Monday it had summoned Myanmar's ambassador to demand an...
Demonstrators flash the three-finger salute during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, 28 February 2021. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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01 March 2021
EU condemns Myanmar crackdown, confirms sanctions
European Union diplomatic chief Josep Borrell on Sunday condemned a military crackdown in...
Protesters make the three-finger salute as they stand behind makeshift barricades during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on February 28, 2021. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
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01 March 2021
Crackdown results in bloodiest day
Myanmar security forces opened fire on protestors Sunday, killing at least eight in the...
Police arrest Myanmar Now journalist Kay Zon Nwe in Yangon on February 27, 2021, as protesters were taking part in a demonstration against the military coup. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
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28 February 2021
Journalists arrested in police crackdown in...
Journalists covering the pro-democracy protests in Myanmar have been arrested over the...