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Myanmar's anti-junta movement shows viral support for Rohingya
Jun 13, 2021 (AFP)
Since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power in a February 1 coup, an anti-junta movement demanding a return to democracy has grown to ...
Myanmar junta hits Suu Kyi with graft charge
Jun 10, 2021 (AFP)
The country has been in turmoil since the generals ousted Suu Kyi on February 1, with more than 850 civilians killed in a brutal crackdown by security forces on...
'Disinformation efforts' to discredit Belarus activist
Jun 09, 2021 (AFP)
Stories alleging that Protasevich had ties with neo-Nazis appeared initially in Russian-language media and quickly spread in dozens of languages. Photos of youn...
Escape from Myanmar: how a reporter fled to safety in Spain
Jun 08, 2021 (AFP)
It had been an arduous few months for the journalist who quickly found himself on the military junta's wanted list for his reporting of its deadly crackdown on ...
Biden to champion democracy in first foreign trip
Jun 08, 2021 (AFP)
The busy agenda -- with G7, NATO and European Union summits ahead of the Putin sit-down in Geneva -- will see Biden fly the flag for a West he sees at an "infle...
Trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi to begin next week
Jun 07, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in uproar since Suu Kyi was ousted in a February 1 coup, with near-daily protests and a nationwide civil disobedience movement. Almost 850 peop...
Myanmar journalists who fled to Thailand in 'safe' third country
Jun 07, 2021 (AFP)
The journalists, who worked for the news site Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), were arrested along with two Myanmar activists in the northern Thai city of Chian...
At least three killed as Myanmar villagers battle junta forces
Jun 05, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in chaos and its economy paralysed since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February and unleashed a brutal crackdown on diss...
Myanmar poets square off against junta's war on words
Jun 05, 2021 (AFP)
As soldiers unleashed a violent crackdown on resistance to the army takeover, he implored the public to stand firm against what he saw as an existential threat ...
Hong Kong democracy vigil leader released on bail
Jun 05, 2021 (AFP)
Lawyer Chow Hang-tung, one of the few remaining prominent democracy activists not already in jail or in exile, was detained by police on Friday morning for publ...
Hong Kong democracy leader detained on Tiananmen anniversary
Jun 04, 2021 (AFP)
Thousands of officers were on standby after the government banned an annual candlelight vigil that has served for decades as a day of pro-democracy people power...
Trump blasts Facebook ban, teases return to White House
Jun 04, 2021 (AFP)
"Facebook's ruling is an insult to the record-setting 75M people, plus many others, who voted for us in the 2020 Rigged Presidential Election," Trump said in a ...
Welcome to the jungle: Myanmar rebels teach coup protesters to make war
Jun 04, 2021 (AFP)
Waiting behind him for their turn with the weapon are others who have fled the cities and reappeared in rebel-held jungle territory, now training for combat aga...
ASEAN envoys arrive in Myanmar for talks with junta chief
Jun 03, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in chaos and its economy paralysed since the February coup, with more than 800 people killed in a brutal military crackdown on dissent, accordi...
Facebook to bar politicians from posting deceptive content: report
Jun 03, 2021 (AFP)
The controversial exemption, given to politicians under the auspices of their posts being newsworthy, could end as soon as this week on the leading social netwo...
Myanmar junta jails journalist using colonial-era law
Jun 02, 2021 (AFP)
Aung Kyaw, who worked for Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), was sentenced in the southern city of Myeik, the outlet said, under a colonial-era law that criminali...
Myanmar journalists who fled to Thailand fined, face deportation: lawyer
Jun 01, 2021 (AFP)
The journalists, who worked for the Democratic Voice of Burma news website, were arrested along with two Myanmar activists in the northern city of Chiang Mai in...
School's out for Myanmar students defying junta threats
Jun 01, 2021 (AFP)
Four months of national turmoil have followed the February ouster of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, with more than 800 people killed by security forces and a...
Brazilians stage more protests against Bolsonaro
May 30, 2021 (AFP)
In downtown Rio de Janeiro, some 10,000 people wearing masks marched through the streets, with some chanting "Bolsonaro genocide" or "Go away Bolsovirus." Simil...
Myanmar junta sentences 28 for attacks on Chinese-owned factories
May 28, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the generals ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in February, with more than 800 civilians killed in an ongoing bloody cra...
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