Mizoram group urges Centre to impose sanctions on Myanmar
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ZORO writes to President, PM over political crisis in neighbouring country
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A person walks on a bridge that connects Myanmar and India at the border village of Zokhawthar, Champhai district, in Mizoram on Friday March 12, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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ZORO writes to President, PM over political crisis in neighbouring country
A Mizoram-based group representing the Zo indigenous people of India, Bangladesh and Myanmar has petitioned President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to impose sanctions on
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Their letters to the President and Prime Minister were submitted through Mizoram Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai on March 12, two days after the Minister of Home Affairs asked the paramilitary Assam Rifles and four northeastern States bordering Myanmar to check “illegal influx” into India.
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March 11, 2021 15:58 IST
The military “is using increasingly lethal tactics and weapons normally seen on the battlefield against peaceful protesters and bystanders across the country,” Amnesty International said in a report.
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The military “is using increasingly lethal tactics and weapons normally seen on the battlefield against peaceful protesters and bystanders across the country,” Amnesty International said in a report. Amnesty International accused Myanmar’s military government on Thursday of increasingly using battlefield weapons against peaceful protesters and conducting systematic, deliberate killings. Myanmar has been roiled by protests and other acts of civil disobedience since a February 1 military coup that toppled the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi just as it was to start its second term.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the "use of lethal force" in Myanmar after two people were killed on Saturday when security forces opened fire on protesters in Mandalay, the country's second largest city.
New Zealand suspends ties with Myanmar
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The Jacinda Ardern-led government puts travel ban on military leaders
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The Jacinda Ardern-led government puts travel ban on military leaders New Zealand s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday that the government will suspend all high-level political and military contact with Myanmar.
New Zealand will also impose a travel ban on Myanmar’smilitary leaders, and ensure its aid programme to the country will not include projects that are delivered with, or benefit, the military government, Ms. Ardern said in a news conference.
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said in a separate statement that New Zealand does not recognise the legitimacy of the military-led government and called on the military to immediately release all detained political leaders and restore civilian rule.