Myanmar’s junta pardons over 3,000 prisoners for New Year – statement
Reuters Myanmar’s junta released 3,113 prisoners, including 98 foreigners, to mark the country’s traditional New Year on Monday, according to a statement from the military government published on pro-military Telegram channels. The military-led government has jailed thousands of opponents and pro-democracy activists since it seized power in 2021 and brutally put down protests, drawing global […]
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. […]
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 […]
Troops fire at funeral as Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since coup
Reuters Myanmar security forces opened fire at a funeral on Sunday, witnesses said, as people across the country gathered to mourn 114 people killed the previous day in the worst crackdown on protests since the military coup on 1st February. Mourners fled the shooting at a service for 20-year-old student Thae Maung Maung in Bago […]
Updated: Myanmar security forces kill more than 100 protesters in “horrifying” day of bloodshed
Updated 7.30am (AEDT), 28th March, 2021Reuters Myanmar security forces killed 114 people, including some children, in a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters on Saturday, the bloodiest day of violence since last month’s military coup, news reports and witnesses said. The killings, which took place on Armed Forces Day, drew strong renewed criticism from Western countries. […]
Four killed in Myanmar protests; military warns of ‘danger’ of demonstrations
Reuters Myanmar’s ruling military junta warned on Friday that pro-democracy protesters risked being shot in the head or back as activists called for a huge show of defiance against the generals on the country’s Armed Forces Day on Saturday. Troops killed four more people in demonstrations on Friday, adding to a reported death toll of […]
Updated: UN Security Council condemns Myanmar violence, US blacklists army leader’s children
12.20pm (AEDT)Reuters The UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned violence against Myanmar protesters and called on the army to show restraint, but failed to denounce the military takeover as a coup or threaten further action due to opposition from China and Russia. More than 60 protesters have been killed and some 2,000 people have been […]