Myanmar marks coup anniversary
1 February 2022 Streets in some of Myanmar’s main cities were nearly deserted on Tuesday as opponents of a military rule held “silent strikes”, marking the first anniversary of a…
Roads blocked in Yangon Myanmar
17 February 2021 Dozens of vehicles are blocking key roads across Myanmar’s main city Yangon, in what appears to be a new tactic employed by protesters. It comes as tens…
Myanmar’s Junta – from water cannons to rubber bullets
09 February 2021 Police in Myanmar have fired rubber bullets during a demonstration in the capital Nay Pyi Taw, as thousands defied a ban on protests. Water cannons and tear…
Water cannon used on Myanmar protestors
08 February 2021 Police in Myanmar’s capital Nay Pyi Taw have used water cannon on workers conducting a nationwide strike against a military coup. Thousands are taking part in a…
Anti-coup protests gain slow momentum in Myanmar
05 February 2021 A civil disobedience movement in Myanmar is gaining momentum with teachers and students protesting against Monday’s military coup. Demonstrators at a university in the biggest city, Yangon,…
SOCIAL MEDIA RESTRICTED IN MYANMAR AS ANTI-MILITARY PROTESTS GAIN MOMENTUM
04 February 2021 Myanmar’s army has ordered internet service providers to block access to Facebook until 7 February, as it attempts to stamp out signs of dissent, days after it ousted…
Imagery shows ‘200 buildings burned’ in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
27 May 2020| 03 Shawaal 1441| Al Jazeera Satellite imagery shows that about 200 homes and other buildings were destroyed by fire in recent weeks in an ethnic Rakhine village…
Mike Pence tells Suu Kyi Rohingya violence inexcusable
14 November 2018|06 Rabi ul Awwal 1440| Al Jazeera US Vice President Mike Pence told Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday the violence and persecution by her country’s…
UN official urges Bangladesh to halt Rohingya returns
07 November 2018| 28 Safar 1440| Anadolu Agency A UN human rights official has implored Bangladesh to shelve its plans to start the repatriation of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar this…
UN investigator says Myanmar genocide against Rohingya ‘ongoing’
25 October 2018|15 Safar 1440|Al Jazeera Genocide continues to take place against Muslim-majority Rohingya in Myanmar and the government is increasingly demonstrating it has no interest in establishing a fully…