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China and Russia blocked the UN from condemning Myanmar's military coup
Myanmar's military seized power on Monday, detaining politicians, and imposing a state of emergency…
Bill Bostock  Â
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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  Â
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US journalist Danny Fenster released 3 days after he was sentenced to 11 years in a Myanmar prison
Fenster was arrested while trying to leave Myanmar in May, soon after the military staged a coup an…
SinĂ©ad Baker  Â
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The Myanmar military blocked Facebook for the sake of 'stability' after activists began mobilizing on the platform
Myanmar's state-owned telecom company blocked Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp on Thurs…
Bill Bostock  Â
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Armed rebels have declared war on the Myanmar junta, and the country is gearing up for all-out urban warfare
Violence in Myanmar took on a new tone on Tuesday when armed members of the People's Defense Force …
Cheryl Teh  Â
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Myanmar has had an internet blackout for a year. Some of its citizens still don't know there's a pandemic.
On 21 June 2019, Myanmar imposed an internet blackout on 9 cities and townships.
Isobel Asher Hamilton  Â
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Miss Myanmar won the Miss Universe national costume contest with a powerful political statement
Thuzar Wint Lwin doesn't believe she will be able to safely return to Myanmar after speaking out du…
Anneta Konstantinides  Â
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Obama urges the world to keep paying attention to Myanmar and the 'heartbreaking violence against civilians'
Hundreds have been killed in Myanmar and thousands detained since a military coup that ousted the c…
John Haltiwanger  Â
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An American journalist was pulled off a flight and detained by Myanmar military forces as he attempted to leave the country
Danny Fenster, 37, is the managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, one of the few media sites still ope…
Julie Gerstein  Â
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Myanmar's internet shut down as protestors flooded the streets. The military coup leaders sought to shut down Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter earlier this week.
Leaders of the military coup in Myanmar shut down the country's internet, after asking providers to…
Kevin Shalvey  Â
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Former Trump advisor Michael Flynn said the US should have a coup like Myanmar, where the military overthrew the democratically elected government
At a QAnon conference in Dallas, an attendee asked Flynn about the coup in Myanmar, where hundreds …
Kelsey Vlamis  Â
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ASEAN leaders are under fire for meeting with Myanmar's military as pro-democracy leaders call the junta a 'terrorist group'
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations invited the military representative to join a…
Julie Gerstein  Â
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People in Myanmar are using trash to protest as the death toll climbs to more than 500
Trash was piled high in the streets of Myanmar's main city on Tuesday as demonstrators held a serie…
Erin Snodgrass  Â
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Protesters in Myanmar are using the three-finger salute from 'The Hunger Games' to oppose the military coup
Protesters in Yangon over the weekend called on the military to restore power to Myanmar's detained…
Bill Bostock  Â
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Jade mining in Myanmar is a $31 billion industry, and it's now in the hands of the corrupt military junta
A military coup in February has given Burmese junta leaders free rein of the jade mines in Myanmar,…
Matthew Loh  Â
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Myanmar's ambassador to the UK - who didn't support the military coup - was locked out of his embassy and had to spend the night in his car
Reuters reported that a deputy of Kyaw Zwar Minn had locked him out of the building and took charge…
SinĂ©ad Baker  Â
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Myanmar's military is charging families $85 to retrieve the bodies of relatives killed by its own forces
The country has been embroiled in unrest since a February 1 coup. At least 82 people were killed in…
Ashley Collman  Â
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In 2 months, Myanmar's military has killed more than 500 people. The international community has done little to help.
The protests that have swept Myanmar since the military junta's February 1 coup have killed 500 civ…
Cheryl Teh  Â
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Facebook is censoring messaging from the Myanmar military for spreading misinformation following a coup
Facebook is censoring Myanmar's military communications, and accused it of spreading misinformation…
Ben Gilbert  Â
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A 7-year-old girl was shot dead in her father's lap during Myanmar's anti-coup protests, reports say
Myanmar's military junta have killed scores of protesters and detained thousands since seizing powe…