Tag: Myanmar
Myanmar security forces raid houses of protesting railway workers
Myanmar security forces on Wednesday raided a neighborhood in the country’s largest city that houses state railway workers who have gone on strike to...
Myanmar protestors take to the streets anew
About a thousand demonstrators against last month’s military seizure of power in Myanmar emerged cautiously Tuesday onto the streets of the country’s second-biggest city,...
UN faces challenges in quelling Myanmar violence
The United Nations (UN) special envoy to Myanmar on Friday urged the Security Council to act to quell junta violence that this week killed...
33 more killed by security forces in Myanmar protests
At least 33 protesters were killed by Myanmar security forces on Wednesday, the highest number since a Feb. 1 military coup, according to a...
Police, protestors clash anew in Myanmar
Police in Myanmar repeatedly used tear gas and rubber bullets Tuesday against crowds protesting last month’s coup, but the demonstrators regrouped after each volley...
Protestors remain defiant in Myanmar despite police crackdown
Police in Myanmar’s biggest city on Monday fired tear gas at defiant crowds who returned to the streets to protest the military’s seizure of...
18 protestors killed in Myanmar as clashes worsen
Security forces in Myanmar opened fire and made mass arrests Sunday as they sought to break up protests against the military’s seizure of power,...
Police in Myanmar not giving protestors chance to regroup
Police in Myanmar escalated their crackdown on demonstrators against this month’s military takeover, deploying early and in force on Saturday as protesters sought to...
Myanmar violence continues as police cracks down on protestors
Myanmar security forces cracked down on anti-coup protesters in the country’s second-largest city on Friday, injuring at least three people, two of whom were...
Protestors defy Myanmar junta’s threat of use of lethal force
Protesters gathered in Myanmar’s biggest city on Monday despite the ruling junta’s threat to use lethal force against people who join a general strike...