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YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar cut internet service and deployed troops around the country on Monday in signs of a feared crackdown on anti-coup protests, hours after security forces fired to disperse a demonstration in the country’s north. The junta has escalated efforts to quell a burgeoning civil disobedience campaign which is demanding a return of the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Monday’s internet shutdown and a request from the United Nations for […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s military regime ordered the release of more than 23,000 prisoners on Friday, following a week of fresh arrests targeting allies of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and election officials. Mass amnesties to empty the country’s overcrowded prison system are common on significant local dates. Friday was a public holiday in Myanmar. “The State Administration Council… has remitted the punishment of 23,314 prisoners from the respective prisons, jails and […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s military raided the Yangon headquarters of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party late Tuesday, officials said, as the United States joined the UN in “strongly” condemning violence against protesters demanding a return to democracy. The latest assault on Myanmar’s civilian leadership came as anger at last week’s coup and the detention of Suu Kyi by the generals has driven hundreds of thousands of people into the streets, defying a […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand announced the suspension of high-level military and political contacts with Myanmar Tuesday, the first major international move to isolate the country’s ruling junta following a coup. Unveiling the measures, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called for the international community to “strongly condemn what we’re seeing happen in Myanmar”. “After years of working hard to build a democracy in Myanmar, I think every New Zealander would be devastated to see […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s army chief on Monday insisted military rule would be different this time, as martial law was declared across swathes of the country after massive protests against the new junta. Orders covering parts of Yangon, Mandalay and other areas banned people from protesting or gathering in groups of more than five, and imposing an 8:00 pm to 4:00 am curfew. New junta chief General Min Aung Hlaing, wearing a green military […]
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — The United Nations has had its first contact with the military in Myanmar since it launched a coup this week, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday, repeating calls for civilian leaders to be freed. “Our special envoy today had a first contact in which she expressed clearly our position to the deputy military commander,” Guterres told reporters, referring to Swiss diplomat Christine Schraner Burgener. Burgener was also in contact with other […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte congratulated retiring Armed Forces chief of Staf Gen. Gilbert Gapay for his successful tour of duty, and offered him a post either at the Metropolital Waterworks and Sewerage System or at the Department of National Defense (DND). President Duterte said Gapay’s example of hard work and excellence had set a high standard for those in government. “During your tenure, you have commendably steered the men and women of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Myanmar’s military to “relinquish power” in the Southeast Asian nation and release the government officials and activists detained in this week’s coup. “There can be no doubt: in a democracy, force should never seek to overrule the will of the people or attempt to erase the outcome of a credible election,” Biden said in his first major foreign policy speech as president. […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s generals ordered internet providers to restrict access to Facebook Thursday, as UN chief Antonio Guterres said the world must rally to ensure the military coup fails. The Southeast Asian nation was plunged back into direct military rule on Monday as de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders were detained in a series of dawn raids, ending the country’s brief experiment with democracy. The coup sparked […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was formally charged on Wednesday two days after she was detained in a military coup, as calls for civil disobedience to oppose the putsch gathered pace. The Southeast Asian nation was plunged back into direct military rule when soldiers arrested key civilian leaders in a series of dawn raids on Monday, ending the army’s brief flirtation with democracy. Su Kyi, who has not […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The military takeover in Myanmar and detention of Aung San Suu Kyi was “a major cabinet reshuffle” according to Chinese state media, who rolled out the euphemisms to avoid calling a coup a coup. As democratic leaders around the world slammed the Burmese military and President Joe Biden said the US was “taking note” of who was standing up for Myanmar’s people, China’s communist leadership took a softly-softly approach. Beijing […]
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday on the situation in Myanmar, following the coup by the country’s military, according to an official calendar of events. The meeting, to be held by videoconference, will take place behind closed doors, says the calendar — which was approved Monday by council members. The UN special envoy for Myanmar, Swiss diplomat Christine Schraner Burgener, is expected to brief the […]
