Five dead after Myanmar security forces ram car into Yangon protest – media
Reuters Five people were killed and at least 15 arrested after Myanmar security forces in a car rammed into an anti-coup protest on Sunday morning in Yangon, local news portal Myanmar Now reported. Witnesses on the scene told Reuters dozens had been injured. Photos and videos on social media show a vehicle that crashed through […]
Joy and scepticism as Myanmar frees hundreds held since coup
Reuters Myanmar freed more than 2,000 detainees on Wednesday, among them journalists and others who the ruling military said had been held on incitement charges for taking part in protests, local media reported. The release was described by some activists as a ploy by the ruling military to divert attention from an ongoing security crackdown. […]
Myanmar junta to release 700 prisoners from Yangon’s Insein jail
Reuters Myanmar’s authorities will free around 700 prisoners from Yangon’s Insein jail on Wednesday, prison chief Zaw Zaw told Reuters, in a release that is expected to include some of the thousands of people detained for opposing military rule. The prison chief said he did not have a list of those being released, but BBC […]
Myanmar marks 100 days of junta rule with protests
Reuters Protesters rallied in towns and cities around Myanmar on Tuesday to denounce its military rulers, 100 days after the generals’ overthrow of an elected government plunged the country into its biggest crisis in decades. Demonstrators took part in marches, motorcycle convoys and flash protests to evade security forces, some making three-finger gestures of defiance […]
Military tightens grip, death toll among anti-coup protesters rises as Myanmar seethes
Reuters Myanmar security forces shot dead at least 20 pro-democracy protesters on Monday, an activist group said, and the military junta imposed martial law in parts of the main city Yangon, giving commanders wide powers to stamp out dissent. Supporters of detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi took to the streets again despite the […]
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 […]
Myanmar protests and crackdown intensify, US blocks junta taking $US1 billion
Reuters Police broke up demonstrations with tear gas and gunfire in several cities across Myanmar on Thursday, as protesters returned to the streets undeterred by the bloodiest day yet in a crackdown on opponents of last month’s military coup. The United Nations said 38 people had been killed during Wednesday’s demonstrations, far more in a […]
Myanmar envoy appeals to UN to stop coup as police break up protests
Reuters Myanmar’s UN envoy urged the United Nations to use “any means necessary” to stop a military coup there, making a surprise appeal on behalf of the ousted government as police cracked down on anti-junta protesters. The South-East Asian country has been in crisis since the army seized power on 1st February and detained elected […]
Supporters of Myanmar military coup rampage in Yangon
Reuters Supporters of Myanmar’s military, some armed with knives and clubs, others firing catapults and throwing stones, attacked opponents of the 1st February coup on Thursday, as protests against the new junta continued in the country’s largest city. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army seized power and detained civilian government leader Aung San […]
Anti-coup protesters defy junta warning, strike grips Myanmar
Reuters A general strike against military rule shut businesses in Myanmar on Monday and huge crowds gathered peacefully despite fears of violence after authorities warned that confrontation could be deadly. Three weeks after seizing power, the junta has failed to stop the daily protests and a civil disobedience movement calling for the reversal of the […]