# myanmar - Sunday 1 August, 2021
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
The country has been in turmoil since the army ousted the civilian leader in February.
# myanmar - Monday 14 June, 2021
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate is being charged with accepting illegal payments of cash and gold, among other charges.
# myanmar - Sunday 2 May, 2021
# Myanmar Coup
# Myanmar Coup
Security forces ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a 1 February coup.
# myanmar - Saturday 10 April, 2021
# Myanmar Coup
# Myanmar Coup
The US wants the UN to issue a resolution to pressure the military junta to restore democracy.
# myanmar - Friday 9 April, 2021
# Broadband
# Broadband
Protests against the 1 February coup that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi are still ongoing.
# myanmar - Friday 2 April, 2021
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
Meanwhile, the UN Security Council has strongly condemned the use of violence against peaceful protesters.
# myanmar - Tuesday 30 March, 2021
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
World powers have ramped up their condemnation of the military’s campaign against the anti-coup movement.
# myanmar - Monday 29 March, 2021
# Yangon
# Yangon
A UN human rights expert has accused the junta of committing “mass murder”.
# myanmar - Sunday 28 March, 2021
# Coup
# Coup
At least 90 people were killed by security forces yesterday.
# myanmar - Saturday 27 March, 2021
# Min Aung Hlaing
# Min Aung Hlaing
The junta warned there could be further deaths if resistance continues.
# myanmar - Monday 22 March, 2021
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
Video recorded in Mandalay showed a motorcyclist apparently being shot off his motorbike by police on an empty street.
# myanmar - Sunday 21 March, 2021
# Coup
# Coup
The military crackdown in Myanmar has forced scores of refugees over the border into India.
# myanmar - Monday 15 March, 2021
# Yangon
# Yangon
The UN has condemned the “continuing bloodshed” in Myanmar .
# myanmar - Sunday 14 March, 2021
# Protests
# Protests
Earlier, the civilian leader of Myanmar ’s government vowed a ‘revolution’ against the junta.
# myanmar - Saturday 13 March, 2021
# Anti-Coup
# Anti-Coup
More than 70 people are believed to have been killed during the clashes.
# myanmar - Friday 12 March, 2021
# Military Crackdown
# Military Crackdown
At least 70 people have reportedly been “murdered” since the 1 February coup.
# myanmar - Tuesday 9 March, 2021
# Students
# Students
Students and other civilians took part in one of many daily protests across the country against the military’s seizure of power last month.
# myanmar - Friday 5 March, 2021
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# Removed
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# myanmar - Wednesday 3 March, 2021
# Military Coup
# Military Coup
The junta has ignored the global condemnation, responding to the uprising with escalating strength.
# myanmar - Tuesday 2 March, 2021
# Yangon
# Yangon
Police in Yangon used tear gas against the protesters.
# myanmar - Monday 1 March, 2021
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
Suu Kyi has not been seen in public since being detained on 1 February.
# myanmar - Sunday 28 February, 2021
# Anti-Coup
# Anti-Coup
Protesters are demanding that the government of Aung San Suu Kyi be restored to power after being ousted.
# Clashes
# Clashes
Footage showed protesters in Yangon running away from police as they charged at them.
# myanmar - Saturday 27 February, 2021
# Mandalay
# Mandalay
Demonstrators had sought to assemble in Yangon and Mandalay.
# myanmar - Monday 22 February, 2021
# Military Coup
# Military Coup
Factories, workplaces and shops were closed across the country today in response to the call for a nationwide strike.
# myanmar - Friday 19 February, 2021
# Naypyitaw
# Naypyitaw
Mya Thwet Thwet Khine was shot during a demonstration in Naypyitaw on February 9.
# myanmar - Thursday 18 February, 2021
# Military Coup
# Military Coup
Opponents of the coup are also urging foreign businesses to cut their ties to Myanmar operations they believe benefit the military.
# myanmar - Wednesday 17 February, 2021
# Yangon
# Yangon
UN special rapporteur Tom Andrews warned that reports of soldiers being brought into Yangon could lead to the situation there spiralling out of control.
# myanmar - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Military Coup
# Military Coup
Suu Kyi was ousted in a military coup on 1 February.
# myanmar - Monday 15 February, 2021
# Military Coup
# Military Coup
The country’s new military leadership has so far been unmoved by a torrent of international condemnation.
# myanmar - Saturday 13 February, 2021
# Military Coup
# Military Coup
Demonstrators continue to defy the military authorities.
# myanmar - Wednesday 10 February, 2021
# Military Coup
# Military Coup
Protesters are calling for power to be restored to Aung San Suu Kyi’s deposed civilian government.
# myanmar - Tuesday 9 February, 2021
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
International condemnation of the coup continues to grow.
# myanmar - Sunday 7 February, 2021
# Yangon
# Yangon
Yesterday, new military authorities cut most access to the internet, making Twitter and Instagram inaccessible.
# myanmar - Saturday 6 February, 2021
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
Since the coup, social media platforms have been major sources of independent news as well as organising tools for protests.
# myanmar - Friday 5 February, 2021
# Myanmar
# Myanmar
Win Htein, aged 79, was detained at his home in Yangon.
# myanmar - Thursday 4 February, 2021
# Military Coup
# Military Coup
One of the country’s main telecom providers confirmed that authorities ordered it to “temporarily block” Facebook access.
# myanmar - Wednesday 3 February, 2021
# Military Coup
# Military Coup
The charges against Suu Kyi appear to carry a maximum sentence of two years in prison.
# myanmar - Tuesday 2 February, 2021
# Aung San Suu Kyi
# Aung San Suu Kyi
US President Joe Biden led the chorus of global outrage, calling for a quick restoration of democracy.
# myanmar - Monday 1 February, 2021
# Explainer
# Explainer
The military today declared it had taken control of the country for one year under a state of emergency.
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