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Millions continue to fight Myanmar military's repression
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], February 1 (ANI): A year after the coup by Myanmar's military on February 1, millions of people are resisting a return to repression and isolation and the movement has become stronger.
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Human Rights Watch calls for foreign currency-related sanctions against My
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New York [US], January 25 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that Myanmar's military will continue to collect massive revenues from natural gas and other extractive sectors unless new targeted sanctions block foreign currency payments supporting the junta's abusive rule on Tuesday.
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61 civilians killed in December clashes in Myanmar's remote border regions
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], January 2 (ANI): More than five dozen civilians have been killed and tens of thousands displaced due to clashes between Myanmar's military and anti-junta forces in four of Myanmar's s remote border regions in December.
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Rise of military junta, waning of democracy: 2021 for Myanmar in a nutshel
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): The military coup in Myanmar led to a major power shift in 2021, marking the end of a short-lived stint of democracy in the country, and now it seems the situation isn't likely to change anytime soon.
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International community urged to impose sanctions on Myanmar junta after j
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Paris [France], December 31 (ANI): Paris-based NGO--Reporters Without Borders-- called on the international community to toughen its sanctions on Myanmar's military junta after a journalist who was covering the plight of refugees in the southeastern state of Kayin was killed during an army a
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Thousands displaced due to fighting in Myanmar's Kayin state, many cross o
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], December 30 (ANI): The fighting between Myanmar's military and anti-junta forces over the past two weeks is leaving thousands displaced and stranded and large groups of people have crossed the border to Thailand, reported local media.
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US presses for arms embargo on Myanmar military after massacre
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday pressed for an arms embargo on the Myanmar military after a recent attack by the military junta in Kayah State that killed at least 35 people.
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Myanmar junta blocking life-saving aid from reaching millions of displaced
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
New York [US], December 13 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta is blocking desperately needed humanitarian aid from reaching millions of displaced people and others at risk, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
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Myanmar: International rights community calls deposed leader Aung San's se
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Naypyidaw, [Myanmar], December 6 (ANI): An international rights community on Monday slammed the Myanmar court's decision to sentence democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years of imprisonment.
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Taliban fails to secure seat at United Nations
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] December 2 (ANI): The United Nations Accreditation Committee did not approve the Taliban's seat along with the Myanmar Military junta at the world body, local media reported on Thursday.
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Myanmar prosecution to soon bring corruption-related charge against Aung S
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar] December 1(ANI): Myanmar prosecution will soon bring a new corruption-related charge against former state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted by the military junta in February, the state-owned MRTV broadcaster reported on Tuesday.
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Victims of Myanmar military's crackdown suffer from severe depression, men
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], November 15 (ANI): The civilians who were abducted and tortured by the Myanmar Army, said that they are suffering from severe depression and continuous mental illness after their release and are living in constant fear of rearrest.
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