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Nationwide protests against the coup have been responded with murders, torture and mass arrests by the military regime. (Myanmar Now)
Seeking justice in the wake of Myanmar’s coup
The country’s military leaders have acted with impunity for decades, but now there is a mechanism...
Published on Mar 19, 2021
An NLD supporter is seen in Yangon’s Tamwe township on October 25 (Myanmar Now)
‘Kill them all’ - NLD village chair, his nephew stabbed to death in Magway as USDP mob attacks family  
Attack by about 25 supporters of the military proxy party came without warning and echoes violence...
Published on Mar 5, 2021
Caption: Protesters and bystanders attempt to help 20-year-old Zaw Myo, shot in the neck by security forces in Mandalay on Friday. He died of his injury. (Myanmar Now)
Bystander shot dead in Mandalay
Despite a UN plea for restraint by security forces in Myanmar following lethal crackdowns on anti-...
Published on Mar 5, 2021
Members of the FFSS’s rescue team assist in sending an injured person to the hospital on March 3 in Yangon. (Free Funeral Services Society / Facebook) 
Security forces raid Free Funeral Service Society office in Yangon
Emergency response teams from the organization had helped treat injured protesters in attacks by...
Published on Mar 4, 2021
Police and soldiers attack anti-coup protesters in Yangon on March 3 (Myanmar Now)
Military council says it is ready to endure sanctions 
Vice-Senior General Soe Win tells the UN special envoy for Myanmar that the junta will persevere ‘...
Published on Mar 4, 2021
Frontline protesters protect themselves with gas masks, goggles and makeshift shields in Yangon’s Insein on March 3 (Myanmar Now)
A day after the regime murdered dozens of their comrades, defiant protesters return to the streets  
Demonstrators in Yangon blocked off streets with sandbag barricades to delay the advance of...
Published on Mar 4, 2021
Protesters hold signs calling on the UN to take action against the military regime (Myanmar Now)
UN should invoke R2P to support arms embargo, sanctions against military - expert
But former UN fact-finding mission member says countries will not and should not use Responsibility...
Published on Mar 4, 2021
Lt-Maj Tun Tun Win (left) and Capt Kyaw Kyaw Oo (right), senior police officers in Mandalay who have joined the CDM (Supplied)
Two high-ranking police officers in Mandalay join CDM
Some welcomed the news, but others were more suspicious in the wake of brutal police crackdowns on...
Published on Mar 3, 2021
The victims have been identified as 37-year-old Myo Naing, who suffered a gunshot wound to the chest, and 19-year-old Kyel Sin, who was shot in the side of the head. (Myanmar Now)
Two more protesters shot dead at Mandalay demonstration
Using live gunfire, security forces kill a 37-year-old man and 19-year-old woman in a crackdown on...
Published on Mar 3, 2021
An anti-junta protest is held in Pae Nwe Kone, a town in Bago region, on March 1.
Ousted MPs defy junta by appointing new government ministers
The elected lawmakers are already facing charges for their efforts to undermine the legitimacy of...
Published on Mar 3, 2021
Protesters protect themselves as security forces open fire and throw stun grenades in an attempt to break up a demonstration in Mandalay on March 3. (Myanmar Now)
At least 18 killed, several injured as junta wages war on unarmed protesters
Many of those killed on Wednesday by security forces across Myanmar died of gunshot wounds to the...
Published on Mar 3, 2021
Despite lethal crackdowns on Sunday, anti-coup protesters have returned to streets in Yangon on Monday and Tuesday. (Myanmar Now)
Senior legal advisor becomes highest-ranking civil servant to join anti-coup movement
Thant Sin, the vice permanent secretary of the Union Attorney-General’s Office, announced the move...
Published on Mar 3, 2021
Myanmar Now journalist Kay Zon Nway is taken by police officers on February 27 in Yangon’s Sanchaung township (EPA)
Myanmar Now reporter among at least eight charged for covering anti-coup protests 
Kay Zon Nway is being held at Insein prison and has been denied access to her lawyer
Published on Mar 2, 2021

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