Tag: Myanmar
Aid workers warn Myanmar strife could result in refugee crisis
Aid workers and activists are warning Myanmar’s political upheavals risk causing a regional refugee crisis as the strife following a February coup displaces growing...
Myanmar junta attacks demonstrators over formation of shadow govt
Security forces in Myanmar used violence on Monday against demonstrators who sought to celebrate last week’s formation of a shadow government to serve as...
82 more killed in Myanmar protest violence
At least 82 people were killed in one day in a crackdown by Myanmar security forces on pro-democracy protesters, according to reports Saturday from...
Myanmar citizens raise funds online for protestors
With security forces in Myanmar having shot dead at least 570 protesters and bystanders in the past two months, many of the country’s residents...
Kachin guerrillas start attacks on Myanmar security forces
Kachin guerrillas attacked a police outpost in northern Myanmar early Wednesday, local media reported, in an indication of the deepening involvement of ethnic minority...
Thailand denies sending back Myanmar citizens who fled their country
Thailand’s prime minister denied Tuesday that his country’s security forces forced villagers back to Myanmar who had fled from military airstrikes, saying they returned...
Soldiers, police in Myanmar continue assault on protestors
As Myanmar’s military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day holiday with a parade Saturday in the country’s capital, soldiers and police elsewhere reportedly killed...
Group claims 320 killed in Myanmar protests
The toll of protesters confirmed killed in Myanmar since last month’s military takeover has reached 320, a group that verifies details of deaths and...
Myanmar junta releases imprisoned protestors
Hundreds of people imprisoned for demonstrating against last month’s coup in Myanmar were released Wednesday, a rare conciliatory gesture by the military that appeared...
Health care workers join Myanmar protests vs junta
Health care workers marched through Myanmar’s second-biggest city at dawn Sunday, kicking off another day of countrywide protests against last month’s coup. Elsewhere police...
