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  • As attacks on shipping continue, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims that an oil tanker "violating regulations" caught fire after striking a sea mine in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Two troops have died in a helicopter crash in Najran, Saudi Arabia, according to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, which also claims to have downed more drones close to Riyadh.
  • After riots, looting, and arson during cost-of-living protests, nearly 2,400 people were detained throughout France.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received the "complete and total" support of US President Donald Trump.
  • Giorgia Meloni, the prime minister of Italy, denounced rioting during cost-of-living protests on Sunday and expressed support for law enforcement after clashes in multiple cities.
  • Eight cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Kenya as of Sunday, according to the country's Health Ministry.
  • After a fatal fire at a Canadian military base on Sunday, 39 people were admitted to the hospital, at least 19 of whom were in critical condition.

Tag: Myanmar Human Rights Violation

April 3, 2021

Thailand: Offering Humanitarian Assistance to Around...

Thailand said Friday it was providing humanitarian assistance to more than 1,000 people who this week fled military action in Myanmar, a day after Bangkok issued a rare statement expressing grave concern about the post-coup violence in the neighboring nation

April 1, 2021

Aung San Suu Kyi ‘in Good...

Detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is “in good health,” said the lead lawyer defending her in court cases brought by the junta that overthrew her elected government two months ago following their first meeting on Wednesday

March 11, 2021

Myanmar Anti-Junta Activists Mount Boycott of...

As protests and violent suppression by troops grind on in Myanmar, coup opponents are stepping up a campaign to make China rethink its support for the military junta, including a boycott of imports from their giant neighbor and threats against a major Chinese energy pipeline and port

February 26, 2021

Myanmar Threats, Arrests of Journalists at...

Journalists covering mass street protests against Myanmar’s military junta are increasingly reporting threats, arrests and harassment from authorities tightening a crackdown on opponents of the Feb. 1 coup in what a local press watchdog called an attempted “news blackout.”

February 20, 2021

Mass Protests in Thailand Against Military...

With mass protests taking place in Myanmar against the coup, migrant workers in neighboring Thailand are also voicing their outrage over the military takeover back home

February 16, 2021

Myanmar Protests For Democracy

People across Myanmar continued protesting a military coup and called for the release of the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.  This, despite an increased show of force by military and police

February 10, 2021

Myanmar Forces Raid Ruling Party Headquarters,...

Myanmar security forces raided the headquarters of deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling party on Tuesday, a party official said, as nationwide demonstrations against the military takeover turned bloody when police fired on a large crowd in the capital, wounding two protesters. In a nighttime raid as anti-coup protests in Myanmar’s major cities …

February 2, 2021

Myanmar Military Coup Strands Tens of...

China’s foreign ministry said on Monday it had no current plans to evacuate its nationals from Myanmar following the military coup in the country

February 1, 2021

Aung San Suu Kyi, Ruling Party...

Myanmar’s military has arrested leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s president, and state ministers in an apparent coup against the ruling National League for Democracy government on early Monday morning following rising tensions over disputed 2020 election results, an NLD spokesman said

November 20, 2020

Two Student Protesters in Myanmar’s Rakhine...

Kyaw Ye Thu, president of the Student Union of Pyay University, and Htet Aung, vice president of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABSFU), were convicted under Section 505(b) of Myanmar’s Penal Code and immediately sent to jail

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