SINGAPORE, March 4 The Singapore government has advised its citizens currently in Myanmar to consider leaving the country as soon as they can by commercial means while it is still possible to do so, according to the republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. In view of the rapidly.
BANGKOK, Feb 21 A Facebook page run by the Myanmar junta’s “True News” information service was kicked off the platform today after the tech giant accused it of inciting violence. Security forces in the country have steadily increased violence against a massive and largely peaceful civil.
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A protester has a wound on her head treated after being beaten by security forces during a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay on February 20, 2021. AFP pic
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YANGON, Feb 21 Myanmar’s military seized power on February 1, arresting the country’s democratically elected civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
As protests spread across the country, here is a recap of events:
Back to the old days
The generals stage a coup on February 1, detaining Nobel Peace Prize-winner Suu Kyi and other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in pre-dawn raids.
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 7 Tens of thousands of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar poured back onto the streets today, as an internet blackout failed to stifle growing outrage at the military’s ouster of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The fresh rally followed large protests yesterday across the country.