Sunday, 28 Feb 2021 07:29 PM MYT
Demonstrators clash with riot police officers during a protest against the military coup in Yangon February 28, 2021. Reuters pic
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YANGON, Feb 28 Myanmar security forces opened fire on protestors today, killing at least eight in the bloodiest action so far to smother opposition to the military coup four weeks ago.
The junta is battling to contain a massive street movement demanding it yield power and release ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with top political allies at the start of the month.
Friday, 26 Feb 2021 10:01 PM MYT
A protester holds up a poster featuring Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the military coup at in front of the Central Bank of Myanmar in Yangon February 15, 2021. AFP pic
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YANGON, Feb 26 Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to an undisclosed location from the home where she was being kept under house arrest in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar Now website said today, citing officials in her party.
Suu Kyi has been detained since a February 1 coup.
Thursday, 25 Feb 2021 01:07 PM MYT
An armoured vehicle drives next to the Sule Pagoda, following days of mass protests against the military coup, in Yangon February 14, 2021. AFP pic
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BANGKOK, Feb 25 The Myanmar junta’s foreign minister visited Thailand yesterday as regional powers tried to broker an end to three weeks of deadly unrest triggered by a military coup.
The talks came as an anti-coup protester died in detention, a local rescue organisation said. Four others have been killed in the crackdown.
Foreign minister Wunna Maung Lwin held talks with his counterparts from Thailand and Indonesia in what was the first known face-to-face meetings between a senior junta member and foreign government officials.
YANGON, Feb 25 Students and doctors in Myanmar plan to hold fresh protests today against military rule, as Washington expressed concern about Malaysia’s deportation of about 1,100 Myanmar nationals back to the strife-torn nation. The army seized power this month after alleging fraud in a.
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