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STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 07, 2021 • 11 min read

Myanmar coup Myanmar military hints at longer state of emergency in PR tour interview

By Allegra Mendelson • Apr 07, 2021
Speaking to the Globe this week on a military-guided press tour, Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun hinted that Myanmar's state of emergency may be extended, while he made no guarantees over an election timeline nor Aung San Suu Kyi's eligibility to participate

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 07, 2021 • 3 min read

Myanmar coup Myanmar group compiles junta rights abuse dossier

By Agence France-Presse • Apr 07, 2021
A group representing Myanmar's ousted civilian government said on April 7 it has gathered 180,000 pieces of evidence showing rights abuses by the junta including torture and extrajudicial killings

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 07, 2021 • 4 min read

Editorial We went to Myanmar with CNN, here’s why we did it

By Chia Chi Hsu • Apr 07, 2021
Controversy erupted last week after CNN embarked upon a military-guided press tour in Myanmar. Watching this unfold was especially powerful for us. You see, we knew something that no one else did at this point – we also had a reporter on this trip

STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 06, 2021 • 7 min read

Myanmar coup A township under siege: Residents recall assault on Sanchuang

By Eustace Jones • Apr 06, 2021
The March 8 siege of Yangon's Sanchuang township – a 12-hour ordeal in which security forces surrounded some 200 people – stands out even among the brutal months since the military’s February 1 coup. Here, the district's residents recall the terror of that night

Apr 02, 2021 • 4 min read
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Myanmar junta slammed for child deaths in crackdown

Myanmar's junta faced fresh international criticism on April 2 over the deaths of more than 40 children and the "forced disappearance" of hundreds of people in its brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests
By Agence France-Presse • Apr 02, 2021

Apr 01, 2021 • 5 min read
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Myanmar ‘traitors’ hounded in online anti-coup campaign

As Myanmar descends into chaos and the military harshly cracks down on protestors, smartphone warriors in the anti-coup movement are seeking revenge online against the junta, hounding people with family ties to the military as a form of "social punishment"
By Lisa Martin/AFP • Apr 01, 2021

Mar 31, 2021 • 8 min read
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In Karen State, refugees flee bombs as funds for displaced CDM run low

As the military ramps up its bloody crackdown on protests, some 2,000 have fled to Karen-controlled territory in eastern Myanmar seeking refuge. But as the ethnic group attempts to host the new arrivals, essential funds needed to support them are dwindling fast
By Ryan Anders • Mar 31, 2021

Mar 31, 2021 • 3 min read
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US orders diplomats out of Myanmar as violence spirals

The United States on March 31 ordered the departure of non-essential diplomats from Myanmar, amid growing violence following the military coup to oust civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 31, 2021

Mar 30, 2021 • 11 min read
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Blocked from protesting, Singapore’s Burmese take democracy fight online

Cut off from their homeland, Singapore’s 200,000-strong Burmese community are navigating strict prohibitions on protests in the city-state, taking their pro-democracy fight online as they show their solidarity with those resisting the coup back home
By Toh Ee Ming • Mar 30, 2021

Mar 26, 2021 • 2 min read
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Firebomb attack at Suu Kyi’s party headquarters in Myanmar

A fire from a hurled Molotov cocktail broke out early Friday March 26 at the National League for Democracy headquarters in Yangon, as protests across the country continue against the military.
By Agence France-Presse • Mar 26, 2021