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Protesters mark 1962 rallies against first junta

Protesters hit the streets across Myanmar on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of 1962 student protests against the country's first junta, vowing defiance against its latest incarnation more than five months after it seized power.

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial continues as COVID-19 cases spike

The ousted leader seemed in good health as she appeared in court on Monday, her lawyer said, as her trial continued with the capital grappling with a COVID-19 spike.

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CDM crunch: Striking doctors struggle to meet healthcare needs

The participation of tens of thousands of government medical personnel in the Civil Disobedience Movement has created gaps in healthcare that striking doctors and colleagues working at private hospitals are struggling to fill.

BY Frontier

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Myanmar’s UN envoy calls for ‘effective’ measures ahead of Council meeting

U Kyaw Moe Tun says there is an urgent need to take strong collective measures against the military regime, as the Security Council prepares to hold closed-door talks on Myanmar on June 18.

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Outrage at seven-year-old killed in Myanmar crackdown

The girl – the twentieth child to die at the hands of the military since it took power on February 1, according to local monitoring

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The military’s war on journalists

As the military seeks to consolidate power, it is increasingly targeting journalists with lawsuits and violence in order to stop them from reporting the truth about what’s happening in Myanmar.

BY Frontier

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Residents flee violence, martial law in Yangon factory district

Hlaing Tharyar Township residents began fleeing the city en masse Tuesday morning, after the military brutally cracked down on protests on Sunday, leaving dozens dead, and suspended civil law there.

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India detains scores of Rohingya ahead of expected deportation to Myanmar

"It's better to shoot us all dead here than send us to Burma, where we will be rained with bullets anyway," said one of the detained refugees.

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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