Tag: Myanmar
Myanmar looking to UN for help to end violence
The people of Myanmar have huge expectations from the United Nations and the international community following the Feb. 1 coup, with many calling for...
2 more journalists detained in Myanmar
Two more journalists were detained in Myanmar on Friday, part of the junta’s intensifying efforts to choke off information about resistance to last month’s...
Myanmar protestors show no signs of giving up
Protesters against the military takeover in Myanmar were not relenting on Wednesday as the deadly crackdown on peaceful demonstrations took an increasing toll.
The verified...
Myanmar continues use of violence vs protestors
Spurning an appeal by the United Nations to top using lethal force against peaceful demonstrators, security forces in Myanmar on Thursday fatally shot at...
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...
