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Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to a further 7 years in prison, bringing total to 33 years
The 77-year-old Nobel laureate will likely spend the rest of her life in prison after a military co…
Marielle Descalsota
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Myanmar civilian leader and Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi given 4 year sentence following a closed-door trial
Suu Kyi and deposed President Win Myint were found guilty of inciting unrest and violating COVID-19…
Cheryl Teh
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Myanmar's junta-backed election commission called Aung San Suu Kyi's party 'traitors' and says it will dissolve the NLD
The chairman of the junta-linked commission cited "election fraud" as his rationale.
Cheryl Teh
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We decoded the clever signs, symbols, and songs at Myanmar's pro-democracy protests
These are the signs and symbols protesters are using as Myanmar's military brutally cracks down on …
Havovi Cooper,Austin Meyer,Ri…
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi detained in early-morning raid
Suu Kyi, once renowned as a pro-democracy campaigner, has more recently made headlines by denying g…
Charles Davis
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A week into its coup, Myanmar's military shut down the internet and used rubber bullets and water cannons against protesters
State-controlled television stations are running pop concerts rather than news coverage.
Julie Gerstein
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Myanmar's civilian leaders have been charged with breaking COVID-19 rules and owning walkie talkies
Amid the military coup, police are detaining the country's civilian leaders, saying they committed …
Jacob Shamsian
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Scenes from a coup: Images from Myanmar show how the military took control in a matter of hours
As a result, the force cited widespread fraud during the country's November 2020 elections, claimin…
Julie Gerstein
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Myanmar's military says it's taking over as world leaders look on in shock
Earlier Monday, several top government officials, including Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myin…
Julie Gerstein
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Facebook removes Myanmar military's main news page
The move comes a day after two people were killed protesting against the coup, the BBC reported.…
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Trump's baseless claims of election fraud gave 'fresh rhetorical ammunition' to despots like Myanmar's generals, who just staged a coup
Myanmar's generals predicated the coup on eerily similar grounds to Trump's effort to overturn the …
John Haltiwanger
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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said jailed Reuters journalists can appeal their sentences
"I wonder whether very many people have actually read the summary of the judgment which had nothing…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper,Reu…
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In Myanmar, economic opportunity and a renewed commitment to democracy are on the horizon if leader Aung San Suu Kyi wants them
She could jump-start Myanmar's economy by implementing business-friendly reforms to encourage inves…
John Walsh
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14 World Leaders who have studied in Indian Universities
Even as the IITs, IIMs, NITs and universities like JNU, Bombay University are world acclaimed, more…
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Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of another human-rights award as legal net squeezes Myanmar's generals
Aung San Suu Kyi greets Burmese immigrants at Talad Talay Thai Hall in Bangkok, Thailand. Myanmar's…
Christian Edwards,Christian E…
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Irom Chanu Sharmila – The Iron Lady Of Manipur: 13 Years On, Her Activism Continues To Be A Legend
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Preetam Kaushik
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Over 1,000 people have been killed in Myanmar since the military took control more than 6 months ago, according to a human rights group
In the months since the coup, the military has launched an all-out campaign against its own citizen…
Erin Snodgrass
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Myanmar's military leader claims role of prime minister, vows to stay in power at least another 2 years
Gen. Min Aung Hlaing vowed to hold multi-party elections before the state of emergency ends.