Myanmar’s independence from British rule, formalized in 1948, kickstarted decades of change still being felt at every level of society. Progress has come in fits and starts, but before.
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Hundreds of Thai villagers who live along Thailand’s border with Myanmar were evacuated to safe areas after Karen rebels attacked a Burmese army outpost near the frontier on Tuesday, the governor of Mae Hong Song province said.
The borderland residents were moved to an area farther inside Thai territory where they could shelter, amid reports of fresh fighting between the Myanmar government forces and Karen rebels, who claimed they seized a military base early Tuesday.
“About 450 villagers in Mae Sam Lab were evacuated to safe areas in Mae Kong Kard village,” Gov. Sithichai Chindaluang told reporters.
Thursday, 22 Apr 2021 08:13 AM MYT
Flowers hang during a nationwide flower campaign against the military coup in Yangon April 2, 2021. Reuters pic
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YANGON, April 22 The Myanmar military’s crackdown on anti-coup protesters has displaced close to a quarter of a million people, a United Nations rights envoy said yesterday.
The junta has stepped up its use of lethal force to quash mass demonstrations against a February 1 coup which ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
At least 738 people have been killed and 3,300 are languishing in jails as political prisoners, according to a local monitoring group.
UN: 3 million facing hunger in coup-hit Myanmar
Food aid reliance is set to triple to 3.4 million people in Myanmar within months, the World Food Program has warned, as the country reels from a coup, endemic poverty and the COVID pandemic.
Food scarcity in coup-hit Myanmar will multiply in the next six months, leaving 3.4 million people reliant on its aid, the UN s World Food Program (WFP) warned Thursday.
Additional food assistance was intended for two million more vulnerable people on top of 1.3 million already receiving such aid, with an estimated 250,000 people already displaced, said the WFP.
Appealing for $106 million (€88 million) in extra funding, the WFP s director for Myanmar, Stephen Anderson, said families were already skipping meals” in the 10 poorest suburbs of Yangon, Myanmar s largest city.
Junta Crackdown Displaced Nearly 250,000 People In Myanmar: UN Envoy
04/21/21 AT 7:59 AM
The Myanmar military s crackdown on anti-coup protesters has displaced close to a quarter of a million people, a United Nations rights envoy said Wednesday.
The junta has stepped up its use of lethal force to quash mass demonstrations against a February 1 coup which ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
At least 738 people have been killed and 3,300 are languishing in jails as political prisoners, according to a local monitoring group. Horrified to learn that. the junta s attacks have already left nearly a quarter (of a) million Myanmar people displaced, according to sources, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews tweeted on Wednesday.