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No mood to celebrate: Myanmar to snub water fight festival
AFP Instead of the usual water pistols, splashing and jubilant crowds during Myanmar's New Year festival of Thingyan, this year's...
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Watchman Reportedly Tortured to Death by Myanmar Regime Troops
By THE IRRAWADDY 13 April 2021 A neighborhood watchman was reportedly tortured to death by the military regime’s troops in...
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Despite bloody crackdown, Taze protests are not over yet, say leaders
Residents of the town and surrounding villages in Sagaing region say they won’t bow to the junta’s brutal tactics Late...
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Junta’s investment ministry fires more than 80 staff over CDM participation
Headed by former military officer Aung Naing Oo, the ministry is reportedly struggling to secure international recognition and economic interest...
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Mass murders reported in Bago as troops ‘drag away’ injured and dead, destroy evidence of crimes
‘This is fascism,’ an escaped protest leader says after more than 80 people are killed by the coup regime in...
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Myanmar junta slammed for dozens of child deaths
AFP Myanmar's junta faced fresh international criticism Friday over the deaths of more than 40 children and the "forced disappearance"...
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Myanmar Junta Uses Explosives, Killing At Least Two Dozen Protesters
By THE IRRAWADDY 8 April 2021 At least 11 civilians were killed and nearly 30 injured during clashes with regime...
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Deaths of Protesters and Bystanders Push Myanmar Toll to at Least 596
By THE IRRAWADDY 7 April 2021 Myanmar saw at least 14 more violent deaths on Wednesday as the regime’s forces...
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In the line of fire: the deadly job of covering Mandalay’s protests
APRIL 4, 2021 A Frontier reporter who was shot on March 27 recounts the growing brutality of security forces in...
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Activists splash red paint to protest military bloodshed
APRIL 6, 2021 Demonstrators daub roadways with red paint to protest against the bloody crackdown on protests, as an online...
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