Myanmar coup
Thousands protest army takeover in Myanmar's biggest city
About 2,000 protesters rallied against the military takeover in Myanmar's biggest city on Sunday and demanded the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, whose elected government was toppled by the army that also imposed an internet blackout.
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 government.
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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.
Myanmar's ousted party defies coup by convening own parliament
About 70 members of detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi's political party convened their own version of parliament Thursday in defiance of a military coup that prevented newly elected lawmakers from sitting, local media said.
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.
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.
Myanmar lawmakers say army guarding their housing after coup
Hundreds of members of Myanmar’s Parliament remained confined inside their government housing in the country’s capital on Tuesday, a day after the military staged a coup and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
World reacts to Myanmar military coup
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the detention of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and other political leaders on the eve of the opening session of the country's new Parliament.
Guterres condemns detention of Myanmar political leaders
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the detention of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and other political leaders on the eve of the opening session of Myanmar’s new Parliament.