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Despite ban, regime officials continue to represent Myanmar at …
WEB12 hours ago · Despite ban, regime officials continue to represent Myanmar at ASEAN meetings. Senior junta officials have attended more than 500 of the regional bloc’s meetings in the three years since they were ostensibly excluded for ignoring calls to end violence against civilians. Myanmar Now October 11, 2024. Senior junta …
Myanmar junta authorities arrest prominent protest leader
WEB15 hours ago · Myanmar security forces have arrested a prominent democracy activist and protest leader in a nighttime raid in commercial hub Yangon, a member of his protest group said on Thursday. Paing Phyo Min was arrested late Wednesday after authorities entered a residence in east Yangon’s Thaketa Township, Nan Lin of the “Anti-junta Alliance Yangon ...
Suspected ‘informants’ detained in Lashio as Myanmar junta …
WEB15 hours ago · Myanmar Now October 11, 2024. A temple and other buildings in Lashio, seen after an airstrike on October 4 (The Kokang) The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), the ethnic Kokang armed group controlling Lashio, has arrested at least 20 alleged junta informants amid ongoing airstrikes on …
Myanmar peace efforts ‘substantially inadequate’: ASEAN draft
WEB16 hours ago · Southeast Asian leaders condemned on Thursday Myanmar’s efforts to implement a plan to end the country’s civil war as “substantially inadequate,” according to a draft summit statement seen by AFP. Myanmar’s junta agreed on the five-point plan with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) weeks after seizing power in February ...
ASEAN summit seeks progress on Myanmar civil war
WEB2 days ago · The Myanmar junta’s permanent secretary of foreign affairs, Aung Kyaw Moe, far left, poses with ASEAN leaders in Vientiane on October 9 (ASEAN) Southeast Asian leaders met for talks with a Myanmar junta representative at a regional summit Wednesday as they try to kickstart faltering diplomatic efforts to broker an end to the country’s civil ...
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WEBSep 24, 2024 · UN decries ‘horrific’ torture as Myanmar sinks into human rights ‘abyss’. The Myanmar team of the United Nations’ rights office described ‘depraved’ torture methods used by the military junta against dissenters, attributing the pervasiveness of human rights abuses to a ‘vacuum of rule of law’ under the regime. Read More ».
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WEBMyanmar NOW is an independent news service dedicated to providing accurate and unbiased news about Myanmar in Burmese and English.. With a mission to expose injustice in society and to hold the powerful to account, Myanmar Now prioritises news that matters most to those who care about the vulnerable and voiceless in society.. Founded in Yangon in 2015 during a period of relative openness in ...
Enduring hardships, embracing hope: War in Myanmar still …
WEBAug 12, 2024 · In-Depth Myanmar Enduring hardships, embracing hope: War in Myanmar still displacing civilians by the thousands Inhabitants of northern Shan State’s recently captured administrative capital—a city that once had a population of more than 300,000—now share the plight of the millions who have fled their homes due to fighting, airstrikes, and heavy artillery shelling throughout the country
Timeline: Myanmar’s year of resistance
WEBFeb 1, 2022 · In-Depth. Timeline: Myanmar’s year of resistance. Tin Htet Paing February 1, 2022. Protesters at City Hall in Yangon flash three-fingered salutes against the coup on February 6, 2021 (Myanmar Now) Exactly one year ago today, the people of Myanmar woke up to the news that the military had overthrown the country’s elected civilian government.