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STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 02, 2021 • 5 min read

Myanmar coup Ousted Myanmar party demands release of Aung San Suu Kyi

By Agence France-Presse • Feb 02, 2021
Myanmar's ousted National League for Democracy party called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other detained leaders on February 2, describing the coup a day earlier as a "stain" on the military's history

STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 02, 2021 • 2 min read

Myanmar coup Rohingya in Bangladesh camps rejoice at Suu Kyi detention

By Agence France-Presse • Feb 02, 2021
Rohingya Muslims in refugee camps celebrated Aung San Suu Kyi's detention by the army on February 1, with Myanmar's civilian leader coming under increasing criticism for her failure to condemn the brutal military crackdown against the minority group

STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 01, 2021 • 8 min read

Myanmar coup The view on the ground: Runs on food and empty ATMs in Yangon

By Allegra Mendelson • Feb 01, 2021
As a military coup unfolded with the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi in the early hours of 1 February, panicked citizens feared food and cash shortages, while others pulled down National League for Democracy flags frightened of violent reprisals for their support of the ousted party

STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 01, 2021 • 3 min read

Myanmar coup Myanmar coup: What we know so far

By Agence France-Presse • Feb 01, 2021
A National League for Democracy spokesman announced in the early hours of February 1 that Aung San Suu Kyi had been arrested as part of a military coup in Myanmar. While internet is patchy and many media sources shut down, here's what we now so far

Feb 01, 2021 • 2 min read
Myanmar coup

Suu Kyi issued pre-emptive call to reject coup; military pledges elections

Aung San Suu Kyi issued a pre-emptive call before she was detained for people to reject any coup against her government, her party said, while the military has stated that it will hold elections and transfer power once the year-long state of emergency has elapsed
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 01, 2021

Feb 01, 2021 • 2 min read
Myanmar coup

Governments around the world condemn Myanmar’s military coup

The US was among several governments around the world in calling for the restoration of democracy in Myanmar on February 1, after the military arrested civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians as they staged a coup
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 01, 2021

Feb 01, 2021 • 3 min read
Myanmar coup

Myanmar’s military stages coup, detains Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi has been "detained" by the military in Myanmar, the spokesman for her party the National League for Democracy said early on February 1, in a coup overthrowing her government over what the military have labelled irregularities in the November polls
By Agence France-Presse • Feb 01, 2021

Jan 29, 2021 • 3 min read
Myanmar democracy

Myanmar army chief’s rhetoric fuels fears of a coup

Fears are swirling about a possible coup by the military in Myanmar as the country's army chief has raised the prospect of scrapping the constitution over alleged electoral fraud in the November polls
By Agence France-Presse • Jan 29, 2021

Jan 21, 2021 • 8 min read
Rohingya crisis

Burning camps, island relocation and repatriation talks as Rohingya await fate

With refugee camps burning, relocation to the island of Bhasan Char under way, and a potentially significant three-way meeting held this week between China, Myanmar and Bangladesh raising the issue of repatriation – the Rohingya refugee population is in a state of flux
By Andrew Haffner • Jan 21, 2021

Jan 19, 2021 • 2 min read
Refugees

‘Arson’ destroys four UNICEF schools in Rohingya camps

Unicef has said four of its schools in a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh's southeast were burnt down in an arson attack, coming just less than a week after hundreds of refugee homes were burnt down
By Agence France-Presse • Jan 19, 2021

Dec 18, 2020 • 4 min read
Human rights

Myanmar gang rape victim wins legal battle with military

After a brutal gang rape by soldiers, steely-eyed Thein Nu went up against the powerful Myanmar military in a months-long battle for justice – a self-admitted "courageous" act that paid off as a military court has ruled in her favour in a rare admission of guilt
By Agence France-Presse • Dec 18, 2020

Dec 15, 2020 • 9 min read
Migration

Rohingya trafficking network sells dreams, delivers violence and extortion

Boatloads of Rohingya landing across Southeast Asia are victims of complex human trafficking networks run by a dizzying web of players, from crime bosses and corrupt cops to poor fishermen, rickshaw drivers and even Rohingya themselves
By Sam Jahan, Haeril Halim and Peter Brieger/AFP • Dec 15, 2020