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Tag: Myanmar Military Coup
Former BBC Journalist Sentenced to 3...
A former BBC television presenter and freelance journalist in Myanmar was sentenced to three years in prison with hard labor on Wednesday by a military regime court in Yangon for violating the country’s Unlawful Associations Act, bringing her total time in jail to six years, a source in the legal community said
‘I’ll be able to carry on...
Myanmar beauty queen Han Lay was granted asylum in Canada after a week after her detention in Bangkok
Six Dead,Thousands Infected in Myanmar by...
At least six people have died and 2,457 have been infected in Myanmar since the start of the month amid an outbreak of a new omicron variant of COVID-19, the junta’s Ministry of Health announced Thursday
Four Slain by Pro-Junta Group in...
Four men were found slain in Myanmar’s central city of Mandalay on Sunday in what appears to be the latest in a series of killings by a shadowy pro-junta militia group, sources in the country told RFA0
Woman Killed,Two Injured in Army Shelling...
A 48-year-old woman was killed and two more women injured by heavy artillery as junta troops shelled and entered a village in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region on Monday
Nearly 5 Dozen Monks Detained in...
Authorities in Myanmar have detained at least 56 monks who spoke out against junta in the nearly 18 months since last year’s coup, while many other religious leaders opposed to military rule face harassment and are on the run amid the threat of arrest, RFA Burmese has learned
Myanmar Junta Steps Up Attacks in...
A broader military offensive launched by Myanmar’s ruling military junta earlier this month in Sagaing, Magway and other regions showing resistance to the regime looks like an effort to clear the way for new elections next year to give its rule some appearance of legitimacy, analysts say
Myanmar Junta Forces Raid Village in...
Myanmar junta forces and members of an affiliated militia group torched most of the homes in a village in the central Magway region, another display of the regime’s reliance on arson in its fight to hold onto power 18 months after removing the democratically elected government in a coup
Skyrocketing Rice Prices Another Hardship for...
The price of rice, a food staple in Southeast Asia, and other commodities has shot up as much as 50 percent over the last two months in Myanmar, another hardship for the country’s beleaguered citizens, many of whom have already had to flee their homes because of ongoing conflict, traders and consumers said
Kachin State Kills At Least 15...
At least 15 civilians died during fierce fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and junta forces in Hpakant township, in Myanmar’s northernmost Kachin state