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Election officials being held in military detention centres

The new ruling junta started rounding up local-level members of the Union Election Commission on Wednesda

Published on Feb 13, 2021

Dr. Aye Maung, right, and writer Wai Hin Aung, left, seen on March 19, 2019, the day they were convicted of sedition. (Photo: Supplied)

Prominent Rakhine nationalists among prisoners released in amnesty

Arakan Front Party chair Dr. Aye Maung and writer Wai Hin Aung were both serving 20-year sentences for sedition

Published on Feb 13, 2021

Soldiers blocked a road in Yangon on Februray 9th. The nationwide uprising against last week’s military takeover continued to gather steam, with more civil servants joining the civil disobedience movement and monks showing their support.

Military casts a wide net with a series of late-night raids

The arrests included government ministers, election officials, senior members of the NLD, activists, and a former general

Published on Feb 12, 2021

Protesters surround the Demawso police station to demand the release of seven locals who were arrested for joining anti-coup demonstration on February 11. (Photo: Supplied)

Kayah anti-coup protesters released after armed group intervenes

Published on Feb 12, 2021

Medical doctors protesting against the military dictatorship in Yangon on Friday (Myanmar Now)

Doctors join Yangon protests, vow to continue defying military regime

‘They’re using force now and we need the public’s support to withstand it’ one doctor said

Published on Feb 12, 2021

Inspector Khun Aung Ko Ko pledges to fight Myanmar’s new dictatorship and work to achieve democracy.

Across Myanmar, police set their fears aside to show solidarity with fellow citizens

As anti-coup protests continue to grow, many are hoping that the police will side with the people, not the dictatorship

Published on Feb 11, 2021

LIVE Timeline: Myanmar's 2021 Democratic Uprising Against the Military Coup

February 12-The seventh day of nationwide protests against military rule are starting again all over Myanmar despite raids which had taken place...

Published on Feb 11, 2021

Protesters in Yangon demand the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders detained by the military. (Myanmar Now)

NLD presses charges over late-night raid on party headquarters

Police initially rejected the charges, but later accepted the case and agreed to investigate

Published on Feb 11, 2021

‘Keep fighting until dictatorship has been completely eradicated’

On Tuesday, 19-year-old Myat Thet Thet Khaing became the first casualty of the crackdown on nationwide protests against Myanmar’s newly installed military junta. While joining thousands of others in Naypyitaw calling for the overthrow of the regime, she was shot in the head by police, and she is now on life support at a hospital in the administrative capital. The next day, her elder sister, Mya Thadoe Nwe, spoke to reporters about the incident and her determination to continue the fight.

Published on Feb 11, 2021