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UN rights body trains spotlight on Myanmar following coup
The UN’s top human rights body held an urgent session on Friday to discuss the military coup in Myanmar, facing a call for the release of people “arbitrarily detained” — including civilian government leader Aung San Suu Kyi — and more action by UN officials to increase scrutiny of the country.
Countries curb diplomatic ties, weigh sanctions on Myanmar
A growing number of governments are curbing diplomatic ties with Myanmar and increasing economic pressure on its military over the coup last week that erased the fragile democratic progress in the long-oppressed Southeast Asian nation.
Myanmar protesters march again, defying ban on gatherings
Demonstrators against Myanmar’s military takeover took to the streets again Tuesday in defiance of new rules that make their protests illegal.
‘Cloudflare must terminate its services for Myanmar military’
In the wake of the Myanmar military’s February 1st coup d’etat, Burma Campaign UK and International Campaign for the Rohingya on Monday demanded American web services company Cloudflare terminate its services for the Myanmar military.
Ex-FS Haque sees “planned plot” behind military coup in Myanmar
Former Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque on Monday said there is a “planned plot” behind the current military coup in Myanmar which has not been revealed yet.
Water cannon fired at protesters as tensions rise in Myanmar
Tension in the confrontations between the authorities and demonstrators against last week’s coup in Myanmar boiled over Monday, as police fired a water cannon at peaceful protesters in the capital Naypyitaw.
Week after military coup, protests swell rapidly in Myanmar
A protest against Myanmar’s one-week-old military government swelled rapidly Monday morning as opposition to the coup grew increasingly bold.
Myanmar junta blocks internet access as coup protests expand
Myanmar’s new military authorities appeared to have cut most access to the Internet on Saturday as they faced a rising tide of protest over their coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's elected civilian government.
UN chief: UN will seek to unite world, reverse Myanmar coup
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged Friday that the United Nations will do everything it can to unite the international community and create conditions for the military coup in Myanmar to be reversed.
Rescind order to use force against protesters: Fortify Rights to Myanmar
Fortify Rights on Friday said Myanmar authorities should protect basic freedoms and immediately rescind police orders to arrest and use force against protesters.