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‘Survival at any cost’: Myanmar generals move to cement power

INTERNATIONAL Failing to subdue resistance across Myanmar, military government chief Min Aung Hlaing is resorting to increasingly desperate measures to cling to power, firing senior ministers and military officers, and purging business cronies. The heads of the navy and air force are among those who have lost their positions, as Min Aung Hlaing has sought to consolidate his position amid continued armed resistance to his rule — including with ethnic […]

17 August 2022

Local

Bangladesh begins COVID vaccination drive for Rohingya refugees

INTERNATIONAL The government of Bangladesh and aid agencies have started vaccinating Rohingya refugees against coronavirus as a surge in cases raises health concerns in the sprawling, cramped camps where more than one million people who fled Myanmar are sheltering. The highly transmissible Delta variant is driving an infection surge across Bangladesh, with about 20,000 infections and 200 deaths recorded so far in Cox’s Bazar district, the southern region bordering Myanmar […]

10 August 2021

International News

Myanmar military kills at least 25 people in raid on central town

Myanmar’s armed forces killed at least 25 people in a confrontation with opponents of the military at a town in the centre of the Southeast Asian nation, villagers said on Sunday, as people increasingly take up arms against the generals who seized power in a coup five months ago. A spokesman for the military did not respond to Reuters news agency calls requesting comment on the violence at Depayin in […]

5 July 2021

International News

More than 200 NGOs call on UN to impose Myanmar arms embargo

Amnesty International and more than 200 other non-governmental organisations have called for a global arms embargo on Myanmar given the continuing violent crackdown by the military on protesters following the coup there in February. “It is time for the UN Security Council to use its unique powers to impose a comprehensive global arms embargo in order to try and end the military’s killing spree,” Lawrence Moss, senior UN Advocate for […]

6 May 2021

International News

Myanmar protesters urge ‘guerrilla strikes’ amid internet cutoff

Myanmar activists held candle-lit protests overnight and scrambled to find ways to get around a deepening internet shutdown on Friday, as anti-coup protesters pledged to continue efforts to force out the generals despite a military crackdown that has killed hundreds, including dozens of children. Anti-coup groups shared radio frequencies, offline internet resources and providers of text message news alerts to try to circumvent new curbs on the internet, which is […]

2 April 2021

International News

Myanmar facing ‘bloodbath’, UN envoy tells Security Council

The United Nations’ envoy on Myanmar implored the Security Council on Wednesday to take action amid an escalating crisis in the Southeast Asian nation, warning of the risk of civil war and an imminent “bloodbath” amid a violent crackdown on anti-coup protests that has left hundreds dead. Christine Schraner Burgener told a closed session of the 15-member Council that the generals who seized power on February 1 were not capable […]

1 April 2021

International News

EU set to sanction Myanmar military officials for coup

European Union foreign ministers are set to approve on Monday sanctions against 11 Myanmar officials for the military takeover, European diplomats said, as a UN official urged the international community on Saturday to cut the coup leaders’ access to money and weapons. The move comes after the 27-nation bloc last month agreed to target Myanmar’s military and its economic interests in response to its seizure of power. One diplomat said […]

20 March 2021

International News

Myanmar military to bring fresh charges against Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar’s overthrown leader Aung San Suu Kyi is set to face new charges of corruption from the generals who seized power in a coup on February 1, as protesters fighting to restore democracy face increasing isolation behind a mobile data blackout. The 75-year-old Nobel laureate, who was taken into custody along with other top aides as the military took control of the country, has already been charged with owning unlicensed […]

18 March 2021

International News

Myanmar security forces kill dozens of anti-coup protesters

At least 38 protesters across Myanmar have been killed in the latest crackdown on the anti-coup movement, an advocacy group said, as the generals who seized power on February 1 declared martial law over two areas of Yangon where Chinese factories were set ablaze. A police officer also died making Sunday the deadliest day since mass demonstrations against the coup began six weeks ago. A total of 126 people have […]

15 March 2021

Myanmar

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