By Reuters Staff, published by Swissinfo.ch IN A spartan hillside room in India furnished only with a thin sleeping mat, the Myanmar member of parliament spends much of his days attentively listening to Zoom conference calls and tapping away messages on his smartphone. The short, soft-spoken man is among roughly a dozen ousted Myanmar MPs
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Myanmar activists stage ‘bloody’ protests against military
By Reuters, published by US News & World Report OPPONENTS of Myanmar’s coup splashed red paint and dye on roads and signs outside government offices today (April 14) to represent the blood of people killed protesting against the junta, on the second day of the traditional new year holiday. The display aimed at shaming the
Read moreMyanmar activists cancel New Year festivities; UN urges end to ‘slaughter’
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report OPPONENTS OF military rule in Myanmar cancelled traditional New year festivities today (April 13) and instead showed their anger with the generals who seized power through low-key displays of defiance and small protests across the country. The United Nations human rights office said it feared
Read moreFollowing deadly airstrikes, junta planes seen spying on Karen territory
By Myanmar Now THE Myanmar junta’s military jets have been frequently flying over territory controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU) in Bago Region and Karen State in what is believed to be an aerial reconnaissance mission, the ethnic armed organisation has said. From April 8 until 10, there were more than 10 sightings of
Read moreReports: Myanmar forces kill 82 in single day in city
By The Associated Press, published by Seattle Times Yangon — At least 82 people were killed in one day in a crackdown by Myanmar security forces on pro-democracy protesters, according to reports today (April 11) from independent local media and an organization that keeps track of casualties since the February coup. Friday’s death toll in
Read morePrince Philip’s funeral will be low key as Covid-19 changes funeral plans
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN, published by MSN News GUN salutes took place across the United Kingdom and in Commonwealth countries today (April 10) in tribute to Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband for more than seven decades, who died on Friday at the age of 99. Tributes have flooded in from the UK and abroad
Read moreRights group condemns Myanmar death sentences
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – An international human rights group condemned Myanmar’s junta today (April 10) for sentencing 19 people to die, in the first known use of the death penalty since the military seized power. Myanmar has been in turmoil since civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was ousted on
Read moreMyanmar junta says protests against its rule are dwindling
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report MYANMAR’S military junta said today (April 9) that a protest campaign against its rule was dwindling since people wanted peace while 18 ambassadors to the country called in a joint statement for the restoration of democracy. Government ministries will resume full operations soon, junta spokesman
Read morePrince Philip, husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 99
By NBC News London — Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband and the longest-serving consort of any British monarch, has died at age 99. A statement posted on the royal family’s website this morning (April 9) said: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His
Read moreEleven killed as Myanmar protesters fight troops with handmade guns
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report ANTI-COUP demonstrators in Myanmar fought back with handmade guns and firebombs against a crackdown by security forces in a town in the northwest but at least 11 of the protesters were killed, domestic media reported today (April 8). Initially, six truckloads of troops were
Read moreMyanmar security forces kill at least 13 protesters; small blasts hit Yangon
By Reuters Staff, published by The Globe and Mail MYANMAR troops fired at anti-coup protesters today (April 7), killing at least 13 people and wounding several, media said, as a series of small blasts hit the commercial capital Yangon and a Chinese-owned factory was set on fire. The country’s military ruler said the civil disobedience
Read moreMyanmar protesters paint Yangon red, call for boycott of Water Festival
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia MYANMAR’S protesters sprayed red paint on roads in Yangon today (April 6) in a reminder to the junta that it had blood on its hands as the crisis created by a military coup in the Southeast Asian nation dragged on with no end in sight. Several groups called
Read moreMyanmar protesters clap to denounce junta as region focuses on crisis
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report PROTESTERS in Myanmar clapped together today (April 5) in the latest show of dissent against the military junta, as a regional bloc prepared for talks on the crisis that has killed nearly 600 people. Clapping began in various parts of the main city Yangon at
Read moreMyanmar’s anti-coup protesters launch ‘Easter egg strike’
By AP, published by US News & World Report Yangon — Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar, adept at finding themes to tie together protests nationwide, took to the streets holding painted eggs in a nod to the Easter holiday on Sunday. In the biggest city of Yangon, one group marched through the Insein district chanting and
Read moreMyanmar protesters defy crackdown, 5 killed; junta hunts critics
By Reuters Staff, published by MSN News MYANMAR security forces opened fire on pro-democracy protests today (April 3) killing at least five people, a protester and media said, as the military reinforced its bid to end dissent with arrest warrants for online critics and internet blocks. Despite the killing of more than 550 people by
Read moreMyanmar protesters urge ‘guerrilla strikes’ as internet blackout widens
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report PEOPLE IN Myanmar opposed to the military junta marched, observed strikes and scrambled to overcome a shutdown of the internet today (April 2), undaunted by the generals’ bloody suppression of protests during the past two months. Hundreds of people have been killed protesting since the
Read moreKIA: More clashes likely despite Myanmar junta’s ceasefire announcement
By Myanmar Now CLASHES are likely to continue in Kachin state even after the junta unilaterally announced a ceasefire yesterday, Myanmar Now quoted a spokesperson for the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) as saying today (April 1) The coup regime claimed it would cease all military operations from today in order to hold negotiations with ethnic
Read moreMyanmar remains mired in violence 2 months after coup
By AP, published by US News & World Report Yangon — Protesters in Myanmar today (April 1) marked two months since the military seized power by once more defying the threat of lethal violence and publicly demonstrating against the toppling of the democratically elected government. The Feb. 1 coup has been met with massive public
Read moreSuu Kyi ‘looks healthy’ as US orders non-essential staff to leave
By Reuters Staff, published by The Straits Times Yangon – Myanmar’s deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in good health today (March 31) during a video meeting, one of her lawyers said, as the United States ordered its non-essential embassy staff to leave after weeks of violence over a Feb 1 coup. The
Read moreItalian mafia fugitive caught after police find his YouTube cooking show
By NBC News, published by MSN News A MAFIA fugitive has been arrested in the Dominican Republic after inadvertently tipping off police with his culinary hobby. After seven years on the run, Marc Feren Claude Biart was tracked down through a YouTube cooking channel he started with his wife, Italian police said in a statement.
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