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Kyaw Min Tun, 41, was killed on March 16 after police opened fire on protesters in a bid to rescue a suspected informant. (Supplied)
One person dead in crackdown to help captured informant
The fatal shooting came as locals in Sagaing region were punishing a man believed to be informing on protesters
Published on Mar 17, 2021
Monks in Mandalay protest against the military regime on February 27 (Myanmar Now) 
High-ranking Buddhist abbots move to suspend activities, echoing Civil Disobedience Movement
Ma Ha Na members say it is ‘an undeniable truth’ that the people of Myanmar are suffering
Published on Mar 17, 2021
University students and young people have been playing a leading role in the nationwide protests against the military coup on Februrary 1. (Myanmar Now)
More than 300 students detained in Tamwe in early March hit with 505a charge
Families and lawyers are still being kept in the dark about the status of court proceedings against them
Published on Mar 17, 2021
The site of a protest in Hlaing Tharyar that saw an intense face off between the protesters and the junta’s armed forces on March 14 (Supplied)
At least six killed after factory owner calls in military in Hlaing Tharyar 
Police publicly executed a woman who was the leader of the workers
Published on Mar 17, 2021
The junta’s armed forces approach a protest column in Tamwe, Yangon on February 27 (Myanmar Now) 
Regime’s forces threaten to shoot into people’s homes unless residents remove roadblocks 
Some have complied with the order but others say they are leaving the barricades up
Published on Mar 17, 2021
A woman holds her baby after fleeing clashes between the Kachin Independence Army and the Myanmar military in Injangyang Township on March 15 (Supplied)
Military stops hundreds of Kachin State IDPs from reaching camp
Among the IDPs, currently sheltering in a church in the Myitsone area, are elderly persons and newborn infants.
Published on Mar 16, 2021
Opponents of the coup hold a candlelit vigil in Yangon on February 21 for protesters who have been killed and detained (Myanmar Now)
UN warns of ‘looming threat’ to Myanmar’s poorest as food and fuel prices spike in wake of coup 
Many in Myanmar may soon be unable to put enough food on the table if trends continue, World Food Programme official says
Published on Mar 16, 2021
Twenty-year-old Yadanar Htoon was killed during the March 15 crackdown in Myingyan (Supplied)
Three teenagers among six killed by regime’s forces in Myingyan on Monday 
Police and soldiers shot at rescue vehicles and the houses of residents who tried to save injured people during the crackdown, witnesses said
Published on Mar 16, 2021
An injured person is carried to an ambulance in Thingangyun (Myanmar Now) 
Coup regime forces murder seven, injure 20 in Thingangyun on bloodiest day of uprising so far 
The massacre was part of a severe escalation of attacks on protesters across Yangon, with other killings reported elsewhere in the country too
Published on Mar 15, 2021
Security forces seen in Yangon’s Hlaing Tharyar township on Sunday during a brutal crackdown on protesters (Supplied)
Soldier shoots man in head at close range as junta continues crackdown
At least 12 were killed across the country on Monday as mobile internet was shut off and martial law imposed in areas of Yangon
Published on Mar 15, 2021
Family members mourn the death of a protester in Yangon's Hlaing Tharyar township on March 15.
Brutal crackdown in Hlaing Tharyar leaves at least 18 dead
Another three deaths were reported in Shwepyithar township, also in the largely industrial outskirts of Yangon
Published on Mar 15, 2021
Myanmar has deadliest weekend yet as casualties continue to mount
Myanmar has deadliest weekend yet as casualties continue to mount
Hospitals were still filling with dead or wounded protesters late Sunday night as security forces continue to wage war on civilians opposed to military rule
Published on Mar 15, 2021

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