Security forces are increasingly arresting the family members of activists who are on the run – effectively holding them hostage without charge.
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Security forces are increasingly arresting the family members of activists who are on the run – effectively holding them hostage without charge.
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Pro-military Facebook accounts are seeking to drive a wedge between ethnic armed groups and civilian resistance with disinformation, but are struggling to break the unity of the anti-coup opposition.
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The World Bank has warned in a new report that Myanmar faces severe economic losses and a doubling of poverty as a result of the combined impact of the coup and COVID-19, with the military regime unable to govern effectively.
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With bullets, beatings and arrests, the junta is trying to scare volunteer rescue workers from treating its victims, and are breaking international humanitarian law to do it, charity groups say.
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Ruthless crackdowns, including mass arrests, have largely quelled protests in Myanmar’s capital, but the regime has struggled to crush the spirit of the Civil Disobedience Movement despite prosecuting leading members.
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Japan urged military authorities on Monday to free from Insein Prison a Japanese journalist accused of spreading “fake news”.
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As junta forces increasingly refuse to return the bodies of those they've slain, the pain of grieving families is being exacerbated by uncertainty.
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Myanmar's shadow government on Sunday urged Southeast Asian leaders to give it a seat at the table during crisis talks next week, and not to recognise the military regime.
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A boycott launched in the wake of the February 1 coup has caused sales of Myanmar Beer to plummet – and may even have wiped US$1 billion off the value of its military-linked parent company.
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Prominent activist Min Ko Naing claimed the new shadow administration is the most ethnically diverse yet, though Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint still hold the top posts.
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Human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet has warned of a "full-blown" conflict in Myanmar, amid a crackdown that a monitoring groups says has claimed more than 700 lives.
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Sagaing Region residents equipped with single-shot traditional rifles known as “tumi guns” – and in some cases more modern weaponry – are resisting security forces’ attempts to crush anti-coup protests.
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