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Myanmar diplomat in Berlin takes stand against junta
Apr 10, 2021 (AFP)
But today, the diplomat finds herself facing the same predicament. Along with two other colleagues, she has joined a civil disobedience movement that has seen M...
Scores killed in Myanmar crackdown as UN envoy calls for 'strong action'
Apr 10, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in February, with protesters refusing to submit to the junta and demandin...
UN envoy to make Myanmar diplomatic push
Apr 09, 2021 (AFP)
The push by Christine Schraner Burgener comes amid mounting international concern at events in Myanmar, rocked by daily protests since the military ousted civil...
Britain slams 'bullying' Myanmar over London embassy standoff
Apr 08, 2021 (AFP)
Diplomats loyal to the Myanmar military authorities seized control of the embassy on Wednesday, leaving ambassador Kyaw Zwar Minn locked out in the street. The ...
Myanmar group compiles junta rights abuse dossier
Apr 07, 2021 (AFP)
The country has been in turmoil since the army deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, with nearly 600 people killed in a crackdown on anti-coup...
Hong Kong democracy activist granted asylum in the UK
Apr 07, 2021 (AFP)
The 27-year-old former Hong Kong lawmaker and student activist fled to the UK in July 2020 in the weeks after the National Security Law, opposed by pro-democrac...
Russia warns Myanmar sanctions could spark 'full-blown civil conflict'
Apr 06, 2021 (AFP)
"A course towards threats and pressure including the use of sanctions against the current Myanmar authorities has no future and is extremely dangerous," news ag...
'A space to listen': Lebanese tackle crisis on Clubhouse
Apr 06, 2021 (AFP)
Users say it is achieving a little miracle: free-wheeling political discussions across party lines which don't descend into blows. Lebanese both at home and abr...
Australian couple released from house arrest in Myanmar
Apr 05, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since a February 1 coup ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and derailed the country's experiment with democracy. Business consu...
Pope shares solidarity with Myanmar youth as protesters decorate Easter eggs
Apr 04, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been gripped by turmoil since a February 1 coup ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and derailed the country's tentative transition to democracy...
Myanmar rebel groups back anti-coup protests, condemn junta crackdown
Apr 03, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, triggering an uprising that the junta has sought to quell ...
Fresh Myanmar conflict keeps Thai village on edge
Apr 02, 2021 (AFP)
Hkara, 70, said she had spent roughly 30 years crisscrossing the Salween river, which marks the frontier, to flee military attacks on ethnic rebel armies in Mya...
Junta says Suu Kyi broke secrets law, international pressure rises
Apr 01, 2021 (AFP)
The newly unveiled charge came amid growing international outrage over the February 1 coup and the military's subsequent clampdown on protesters that has left a...
Brazil's Bolsonaro names three new military chiefs
Apr 01, 2021 (AFP)
The new defense minister, General Walter Braga Netto, presented Army General Paulo Sergio Nogueira de Oliveira, Navy Admiral Almir Garnier and Air Force command...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi in good health, lawyer says
Mar 31, 2021 (AFP)
Daily protests demanding the restoration of the elected government have been met with a crackdown that has left more than 520 civilians dead in the weeks since ...
UN envoy urges action to prevent Myanmar 'civil war'
Mar 31, 2021 (AFP)
More than 520 people have died in daily demonstrations since the military overthrew elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, halting Myanmar's decade-old ...
Dozens of Myanmar refugees make 'voluntary return': Thai authorities
Mar 31, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar's military has launched air attacks in eastern Karen state for four straight days -- the first such strikes in the area in more than 20 years -- forcing...
Brazil military chiefs exit in new turmoil for Bolsonaro
Mar 31, 2021 (AFP)
The exit of the army, navy and air force chiefs came a day after Bolsonaro overhauled his cabinet, replacing the foreign, defense and justice ministers as well ...
US orders diplomats out of Myanmar as violence spirals
Mar 31, 2021 (AFP)
Daily protests demanding the restoration of the elected government have been met with a military crackdown that has left more than 520 civilians dead in the wee...
China seeks 'democratic transition', but no sanctions, on Myanmar
Mar 31, 2021 (AFP)
"China hopes that Myanmar will restore peace, stability and constitutional order as early as possible and continue to steadily advance democratic transition," A...
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