MAY 23 More than 125,000 school teachers in Myanmar have been suspended by the military authorities for joining a civil disobedience movement to oppose the military coup in February, an official of the Myanmar Teachers’ Federation said. The suspensions have come days before the start of a new.
SINGAPORE, Feb 25 Facebook today said it had banned the Myanmar military from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms with immediate effect, as weeks of mass demonstrations continue in the Southeast Asian country after the military seized power. “Events since the February 1 coup, including.
YANGON, Feb 13 Opposition to Myanmar’s new military regime intensified today as spontaneous neighbourhood watch groups mobilised to thwart arrests of anti-coup activists and the UN demanded the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The army takeover that brought a decade-old democracy to.
YANGON, Feb 12 Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi defied the junta’s call to halt mass gatherings today as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide demonstrations, with many urging Washington to toughen sanctions imposed on the ruling generals. Security forces carried out.
NAYPYITAW, Feb 10 Protesters returned to the streets of Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw today after the most violent day yet in demonstrations against a coup that halted a tentative transition to democracy under elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The United States and United Nations condemned the.