Myanmar
Resistance to coup grows despite Myanmar’s block of Facebook
Myanmar’s new military government blocked access to Facebook as resistance to Monday’s coup surged amid calls for civil disobedience to protest the ousting of the elected government and its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
UN Security Council urges release of Myanmar detainees after coup
The U.N. Security Council on Thursday called for the immediate "release of all detainees" including Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi following a military coup earlier this week in the Southeast Asian country.
Myanmar blocks Facebook as resistance grows to coup
Myanmar’s new military government has blocked access to Facebook as resistance to Monday’s coup surged amid calls for civil disobedience to protest the ousting of the elected civilian government and its leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Myanmar, Burma and why the different names matter
This week, the military upended years of quasi-democratic rule in Myanmar, with soldiers taking control of the country in a carefully orchestrated coup. The military said the seizure of power was necessary because the government had failed to act on its unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in November elections, which the party of the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, won in a landslide. It claims the takeover was constitutional.
Myanmar court allows Suu Kyi's 2-week detention, 400 others freed
A Myanmar court has granted a police request to detain ousted leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi until Feb. 15 for illegally importing and using communications equipment, members of her National League for Democracy said Wednesday.
G7 Foreign Ministers demand withdrawal of emergency in Myanmar
The G7 Foreign Ministers on Wednesday called upon the Myanmar military to immediately end the state of emergency, restore power to the democratically-elected government, to release all those unjustly detained and respect human rights and the rule of law.
Rohingya refugees fear returning to Myanmar after coup
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in camps in Bangladesh condemned the military coup in their homeland and said it makes them more fearful to return.
Citizens in Myanmar protest coup with noise barrage
Scores of people in Myanmar’s largest city honked car horns and banged on pots and pans on Tuesday evening in the first known public resistance to the coup led a day earlier by the country’s military.
'Suu Kyi's compact with the devil has boomeranged': US diplomat
A day after Myanmar’s military pulled off a well-choreographed coup, the country’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, finds herself right back where she was just over a decade ago — under house arrest.