Huge crowds in Myanmar undeterred by worst day of violence
Reuters Huge crowds marched in Myanmar on Sunday to denounce a 1st February military coup in a show of defiance after the bloodiest episode of the campaign for democracy the previous day, when security forces fired on protesters, killing two. The military has been unable to quell the demonstrations and a civil disobedience campaign of […]
Two killed in Mandalay city in bloodiest day of Myanmar protests
Reuters Two people were killed in Myanmar’s second city Mandalay on Saturday when police and soldiers fired to disperse protests against a 1st February military coup, emergency workers said, the bloodiest day in more than two weeks of demonstrations. Protesters took to the streets in cities and towns across Myanmar with members of ethnic minorities, […]
7,000 Kachin displaced in Myanmar as violence escalates
World Watch Monitor Almost 7,000 people belonging to the largely Christian minority group in Kachin, northern Myanmar, have fled their houses since fighting between the army and a rebel group flared up in early April, according to recent figures from the Red Cross. “It’s a war where civilians are being systematically targeted by members of Burma […]