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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
Two prominent Rakhine nationalists sentenced to 20 years in prison for sedition have been released as part of a general amnesty announced by Myanmar’s ruling junta on Friday.  Rakhine political...
Medical doctors protesting against the military dictatorship in Yangon on Friday (Myanmar Now)
Doctors join Yangon protests, vow to continue defying military regime
Doctors joined protests in Yangon on Friday, vowing to continue taking part in the Civil Disobedience Movement until power is returned to the civilian government. A column of about 1,000 doctors...
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
Seven people arrested for taking part in an anti-coup protest in the Kayah state capital Loikaw on Thursday were freed later that day after an ethnic armed group negotiated their release.  The...
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
Myanmar’s military carried out a series of raids around the country late Wednesday night, targeting senior political figures, election officials, and others amid growing unrest over last week’s...
‘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...
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 in Yangon’s Bahan township have formally opened a case relating to a raid on the headquarters of the National League for Democracy (NLD) late Tuesday night, according to an MP from the party...
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
The crowds are chanting as police take up position along a wide road near Yangon’s City Hall: “The people’s police! The people’s police!” Instead of hurling insults at the police or picking fights...
Aung San Suu Kyi seen in 2015 with rafts donated by the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation for relief efforts in flooded areas of Ayeyarwady region (Daw Khin Kyi Foundation) 
Military regime raids office of Suu Kyi’s charity, detains two executives 
The military regime has detained two executives from the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation, founded by Aung San Suu Kyi in honour of her mother, a source close to the charity has told Myanmar Now.  Moe Zaw...
Protesters in Taungup show their opposition to military rule on February 9 (Supplied)
NLD lawmaker recently freed by AA now in military custody for opposing coup 
A former National League for Democracy (NLD) minister who was freed from detention by the Arakan Army (AA) only last month has been detained again, this time by the military after leading protests...
Mai Yadanar Aung, 22, was arrested for protesting against the military dictatorship in Ann towship, Rakhine. (Supplied)
Chin student activist among five arrested in Rakhine for protesting against military coup
A 22-year-old Chin student activist is among five young people who were arrested on Tuesday night for taking part in a protest in Rakhine against last week’s coup. Police came to Mai Yadanar Aung...

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