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Myanmar becomes a nation without newspapers

The closure of Myanmar’s last independent newspaper marks a new milestone in the country’s political descent

Mar 18, 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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Mar 15, 2021

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

Mar 15, 2021

Security forces prepare to attack pro-democracy protesters on Sunday in Hlaing Tharyar, Yangon. (Supplied)

Nearly 60 dead in one day in junta’s brutal assault on Yangon

Doctors and rescue workers fear that the death toll will continue to rise as further information becomes available.

Mar 15, 2021

Loved ones mourn Ye Swe Oo, killed by security forces after being shot in the chest in Mandalay on March 13.

Five confirmed deaths in Saturday crackdown in Mandalay

Security forces were seen taking more bodies into their custody, and dozens of protesters were remanded to state custody through ‘lawless arbitrary arrest’

Mar 14, 2021