With several Myanmar police officers and civilians entering India through the north-east borders since February's military coup, the Home Ministry on Friday cautioned the states that share border with the neighbouring country against a possible influx of refugees.
At least three anti-coup protesters were killed overnight in Myanmar's largest city Saturday, as hundreds defied a curfew to hold vigils in honour of those killed since the military seized power.
The junta has deployed increasing use of force against daily protests since the February 1 coup, with more than 70 people killed according to the UN's top rights expert on the country.
Mizoram group urges Centre to impose sanctions on Myanmar
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ZORO writes to President, PM over political crisis in neighbouring country
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A person walks on a bridge that connects Myanmar and India at the border village of Zokhawthar, Champhai district, in Mizoram on Friday March 12, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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ZORO writes to President, PM over political crisis in neighbouring country
A Mizoram-based group representing the Zo indigenous people of India, Bangladesh and Myanmar has petitioned President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to impose sanctions on
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Their letters to the President and Prime Minister were submitted through Mizoram Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai on March 12, two days after the Minister of Home Affairs asked the paramilitary Assam Rifles and four northeastern States bordering Myanmar to check “illegal influx” into India.
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The military “is using increasingly lethal tactics and weapons normally seen on the battlefield against peaceful protesters and bystanders across the country,” Amnesty International said in a report.
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The military “is using increasingly lethal tactics and weapons normally seen on the battlefield against peaceful protesters and bystanders across the country,” Amnesty International said in a report. Amnesty International accused Myanmar’s military government on Thursday of increasingly using battlefield weapons against peaceful protesters and conducting systematic, deliberate killings. Myanmar has been roiled by protests and other acts of civil disobedience since a February 1 military coup that toppled the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi just as it was to start its second term.
Myanmar Junta Rejects UN Appeal, Kills More Protesters
The military also lodged a new allegation against Aung San Suu Kyi, the elected leader it ousted on February 1. AP outlookindia.com 2021-03-11T17:44:37+05:30
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Spurning an appeal by the United Nations to top using lethal force against peaceful demonstrators, security forces in Myanmar on Thursday fatally shot at least 10 people protesting against last month s military coup.
The military also lodged a new allegation against Aung San Suu Kyi, the elected leader it ousted on February 1.
It charged at a news conference in the capital, Naypyitaw, that in 2017-18 she was illegally given USD 600,000 and gold bars worth slightly less by a political ally, former Yangon Division Chief Minister Phyo Min Thein.