Myanmar: A year after coup, families of detainees search for answers
THU THU AUNG, of Reuters, reports from Myanmar on the search for people detained in connection with protests against last year’s military coup…
Suu Kyi sentence puts spotlight on Myanmar’s detained thousands
Reuters Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday, later cut to two, is just one of thousands held in the country since the military seized power 10 months ago. Each day in Myanmar, police and soldiers arrest those who dare to demand democracy be restored. […]
Death toll since Myanmar coup tops 1,000, says activist group
Reuters The death toll as a result of Myanmar’s 1st February coup topped 1,000 on Wednesday, according to an official of the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners activist group, which has been recording killings by security forces. A spokesman for the ruling junta did not respond to a call to request comment. The military authorities […]
Myanmar activists say more than 800 killed by security forces since coup
Reuters More than 800 people have been killed by Myanmar’s security forces since a wave of protests broke out across the country after the military seized power in a coup in February, an activist group said. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army ousted Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government and […]
Myanmar security forces with rifle grenades kill over 80 protesters – monitoring group
Reuters Myanmar security forces fired rifle grenades at protesters in a town near Yangon on Friday, killing more than 80 people, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners monitoring group and a domestic news outlet said. Details of the death toll in the town of Bago, 90 kilometres north-east of Yangon, were not initially available because […]
Myanmar death toll tops 500 as protesters defy junta’s forces
Reuters Myanmar’s security forces have killed at least 510 civilians in nearly two months of efforts to stop protests against a 1st February coup, an advocacy group said on Monday, as thousands of people took to the streets again despite the growing toll. Another 14 civilians were killed on Monday, the Assistance Association for Political […]