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A list of public figures facing arrest for supporting the growing movement to end military rule in Myanmar appeared on social media on Monday, the first day of a nationwide general strike.
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At least two dozen people, including five engineers, were arrested in Naypyitaw on Monday on the first day of a nationwide general strike against military rule.
The arrested engineers were part...
Many of Yangon’s residential areas were uncharacteristically silent and empty on Monday morning. The only people in their homes were the sick or elderly, and those who stayed behind to look after...
More than a dozen protesters were detained by security forces in the capital Naypyitaw on Monday afternoon as widespread fury about the February 1 military coup was channeled into a general strike...
Three full weeks after Myanmar’s military seized power, popular resistance to the takeover continued unabated on Monday. Even though at least 4 people were shot dead by security forcdes since the...
Amar Kyi could hear the gunfire and screams from her house as police and soldiers attacked unarmed protesters in Mandalay on Saturday. “It was like a war zone,” she told Myanmar Now. “They were...
At least 15 people have been detained in Kengtung since the military seized power on February 1, including four arrested earlier this week, according to local sources.
The latest arrests took...
Ten ethnic armed groups end talks with the military, declare support for Civil Disobedience Movement
Ten ethnic armed groups who have signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) announced on Saturday that they will no longer negotiate with the military government and will support efforts to...
At least two people were killed and 20 were injured as police and soldiers used live ammunition while attacking peaceful protesters in Mandalay on Saturday afternoon.
Hundreds rallied at the...
A disabled man who was beaten by police following a crackdown on anti-coup protesters in Mandalay earlier this week has refused to leave his home since the attack, according to his uncle.
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