Myanmar junta
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Myanmar junta takes census despite conflict, boycott calls
Oct 2, 2024Census takers guarded by police and soldiers took to the streets of Myanmar on Wednesday for a national survey that anti-junta groups have urged people to boycott. The ruling junta is pressing ahead with the census... -
Myanmar junta minister heads to Beijing for security talks
Apr 26, 2024According to official media on Thursday, the home minister of the Myanmar junta has traveled for China to hold security discussions with the public security minister in Beijing. According to the Global New Light of Myanmar,... -
Civilian deaths mount as Myanmar junta escalates airstrikes in Rakhine, Chin
Feb 14, 2024At least nine people died on Sunday as a result of airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar junta in Kyauktaw, Rakhine State, and Paletwa, a bordering area in southern Chin State, according to the Irrawaddy, which... -
UN: Myanmar junta ramped up mass killings, air strikes
Sep 27, 2023The UN’s rights office reported on Tuesday that as Myanmar’s military has struggled to eradicate opposition to its coup, it has increased its use of mass murders, air and artillery bombardment, and air and ground assaults.... -
Myanmar junta cuts six years from Suu Kyi’s 33-year jail term
Aug 1, 2023Myanmar lowered former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s 33-year prison sentence by six years on Tuesday in a partial pardon, as the junta attempts to quash brutal opposition to its rule. In the two years... -
Myanmar junta to free 3,000 prisoners in New Year amnesty
Apr 17, 2023Myanmar’s junta claimed on Monday that it will release more than 3,000 detainees to honor the Buddhist New Year, but did not say whether those imprisoned in the country’s violent crackdown on dissent would be released.... -
Myanmar junta chief vows no let up in crackdown, then polls
Mar 27, 2023An election would be conducted on Monday, the head of Myanmar’s junta announced, flanked by tanks and missile launchers, weeks after the military admitted it did not control enough land to permit one. Since the military... -
Myanmar junta slams UN human rights chief’s ‘irrelevant’ comments
Mar 8, 2023The UN’s human rights head suggested that the military may have committed war crimes as it fights to stifle opposition to its rule, and the junta in Myanmar has blasted him for making “irrelevant” comments. The... -
Myanmar junta courts prolong Japanese journalist, Suu Kyi jail terms
Oct 12, 2022A Japanese journalist who was detained while documenting an anti-coup demonstration was sentenced to three extra years in prison by Myanmar’s junta on Wednesday for breaking immigration laws, a diplomatic source told AFP. According to a... -
UN Myanmar envoy begins talks with junta officials
Aug 17, 2022On Wednesday, the new UN special envoy for Myanmar left for meetings with junta officials but she did not reply when asked if she planned to try to meet ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The...
