Myanmar: Military Authorities Suspend 125,000 Teachers for Opposing Coup
Because of the ongoing violence and dictatorship, parents have largely chosen to keep their children out of school.
A teacher from Yangon University of Education holds a sign with a red ribbon while taking part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 5, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Stringer/File Photo
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Myanmar: 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 school year, which some teachers and parents are boycotting as part of the campaign that has paralysed the country since the coup cut short a decade of democratic reforms.
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UNSC Watch: On Myanmar, Security Council Gives the Driverâs Seat to ASEAN
Since the February 1 coup, the Security Council has met five times in varied formats to discuss Myanmar.
A woman prepares a placard out of crossed out portraits of Myanmar s junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing during protest against the military coup in Myanmar, in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 24, 2021 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Photo:Antara Foto/Dhemas Reviyanto/ via Reuters
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New Delhi: Three months after Myanmarâs generals conducted their coup, the United Nations Security Council has willingly taken a back seat as it waits for ASEAN, the regional body, to appoint a special envoy and begin the first serious engagement with the Junta.
ASEAN leaders meet Myanmar coup leader Min Aung Hlaing in Indonesia, amid killings
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More than 4,300 police have fanned out across the Indonesian capital to secure the meetings, held under strict safeguards amid the pandemic.
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Indonesian marines patrol the street near the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat ahead of a leaders meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 24.
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More than 4,300 police have fanned out across the Indonesian capital to secure the meetings, held under strict safeguards amid the pandemic. Southeast Asian leaders met Myanmar’s top general and coup leader in an emergency summit in Indonesia on Saturday, and are expected to press calls for an end to violence by security forces that has left hundreds of protesters dead as well as the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political detainees.
Myanmar Authorities Detain Japanese Journalist
The journalist was previously arrested for covering the protests in February.
Police fire a water cannon at protesters demonstrating in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, February 8, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Stringer
Myanmar authorities detained a Japanese journalist in Yangon on Sunday evening, Japan’s government said on Monday, adding that it was trying to seek his release.
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Burmese quoted a witness as saying freelance journalist Yuka Kitazumi was picked up from his home and taken into custody by troops on Sunday night. He was asked to raise both hands and was taken away in a car, it said.
Japan’s government spokesman described the journalist as a man in his forties, without naming him.
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