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OSAKA Aung Myat Win, a refugee from Myanmar who lives in Japan, repeatedly told a tearful young man via smartphone: “I will rescue you from danger for sure. Don’t worry.” ....
AFP Myanmar security forces have killed more than 100 teenagers in protest violence following the Feb. 1 military coup that overthrew the country’s democratically elected civilian government, sources in the country say. Some were killed in random and unprovoked shootings, among them a 17-year-old medical student and another 17-year-old shot dead while riding his motorbike, family members told RFA in interviews, saying they still mourn their loved ones’ loss. Khant Nyar Hein, then in his first year of medical school, was shot in the head and killed on March 14 during protests in front of a police station in Tarmwe, his father said, adding that his son had hoped someday to build hospitals and other medical facilities to provide treatment to rural people in remote parts of the country. ....
AFP Families of the victims of a brutal crackdown on anti-junta protests in Myanmar are calling on the Netherlands-based International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute those responsible for the death or dismemberment of their loved ones. On Feb. 1, the military overthrew Myanmar’s democratically elected government, claiming voter fraud had led to a landslide victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the country’s November 2020 election. The junta has yet to provide evidence of its claims and has violently suppressed nationwide demonstrations calling for a return to civilian rule, killing nearly 900 people over the past five months. ....
Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno, The New York Times Published: 04 Jul 2021 10:56 AM BdST Updated: 04 Jul 2021 10:56 AM BdST Ko Pyae Lyan Aung, a professional soccer player, on a practice field in Osaka, Japan, June 26, 2021. After defying Myanmar’s military rulers at a soccer match, Pyae Lyan Aung decided to seek asylum. But he was being watched. (Shiho Fukada/The New York Times) The soccer player’s plane was at the gate. Ahead of him stood his last chance at safety. ); } The athlete, Ko Pyae Lyan Aung, had come to Japan with Myanmar’s national team. On the field, before the first match, he had flashed a gesture of defiance the three-finger salute made famous by “The Hunger Games” against the military junta that had ousted his country’s elected government. He was now afraid of what might happen if he returned home. ....
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