May 24, 2021
published at 3:30 AMReuters
Myanmar s junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on February 1, presides an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 27, 2021.
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Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing said deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was healthy at home and would appear in court in a few days, in his first interview since overthrowing her in a Feb 1 coup.
The coup has plunged the Southeast Asian country into chaos and one of several ethnic armed groups opposed to the ruling junta advanced to attack a military post in a northwestern jade-mining town on Saturday, local media said.
Richard Ip April 28, 2021 09:19
Dr Sasa, the exiled special envoy of Myanmar’s disbanded parliament, recently urged Western countries to coordinate their punitive actions against the military junta who staged a coup against the democratically elected government, and who have violently repressed the mass protests. Sasa’s petition came as the United Nations Security Council failed to reach a consensus on punishing the junta, due to oppositions from China and Russia.
Myanmar is not the only country where dictators have benefited from support from China and Russia. Other “rogue” regimes such as Venezuela, Syria, Iran and Belarus are also beholden to China and Russia for their survival from political crises and crunching international sanctions.
We cannot ignore the military coup in Myanmar
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Myanmar is fast descending into the very worst kind of military dictatorship, with arbitrary arrest and judicial murder as the main levers of state control. The UK government must step up the arms embargo on Myanmar.
On 1 February this year, the Tatmadaw, the Myanmar military, launched a coup d’etat against the democratically elected National League for Democracy (NLD) which won over 80% of the seats in the national elections, declared a so-called state of emergency and locked up their opponents including Aung San Suu Kyi.
The people of Myanmar are suffering the most appalling state-sponsored repression, violence and murder, and the world merely looks on. Protesters are risking, and losing, their lives to defend basic liberties and some semblance of democracy. In the UK, students from Myanmar have been on a three-day hunger strike to focus attention on the deteriorating situation in their home country. I have written to the Hom
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People of Myanmar resist army rule
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Karen villagers taking refuge in the KNU Brigade 5 region in Myanmar’s Karen State, after air strikes in the area. This screengrab is from KNU Doo Pla Ya District video footage taken on April 7. Photo: AFP
Protesters holding signs relating to the Committee for Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) and a portrait of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Mogok town, north of Mandalay. Photograph received from an anonymous source via Facebook on April 9. Photo: AFP
Confronting ever more deadly military repression, and with little support from outside, the people of Myanmar are somehow finding ways to fight back.