The military takeover has worsened humanitarian conditions, says White House
The Biden administration offered temporary legal residency Friday to people from Myanmar, where military leaders have overthrown the country s elected government and are using deadly force against protesters.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the temporary protected status would last for 18 months. The designation applies to people from that country already living in the United States.
Myanmar s military seized power February 1, hours before the seating of a new parliament following election results that were seen as a rebuff to the country s generals. The coup upended internationally backed efforts to restore democracy and end decades of junta rule. Security forces have killed dozens of protesters since the coup.
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.
JAKARTA, Feb 22 Indonesia is pushing South-east Asian neighbours to agree on an action plan over Myanmar’s coup that would keep the junta to its promise of holding elections, with monitors to ensure they are fair and inclusive, three sources familiar with the move said. The proposal from the.
On Feb. 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power. While a dramatic event, the coup was a continuation of old power structures.
Myanmar’s decade-long period of political transition, peace-building and democratic elections fell short of freeing the country from military control. Despite its female leader, the exclusion of women throughout the failed transition to democracy is partly why Myanmar was unable to create deep institutional change.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s image as “mother of the nation” depicted her as a caring matriarch. This image stood in contrast with the harsh patriarchy of military rule. But politics in Myanmar defy stereotypes and simple classifications.