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Myanmar coup puts seal on autocracy’s rise in SE Asia
New York Times, Published on 13/04/2021
» Late last month, foreign officials in army regalia toasted their hosts in Naypyitaw, the bunkered capital built by Myanmar’s military. Ice clinked in frosted glasses. A lavish spread had been laid out for the foreign dignitaries in honor of Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi hit with new criminal charge
Published on 12/04/2021
» YANGON: Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was hit with a fresh criminal charge on Monday, as the junta's tough crackdown on dissent rolls on.
US police shooting of Black man in Minneapolis sparks fresh protests
AFP, Published on 12/04/2021
» MINNEAPOLIS: Protests broke out Sunday night after US police fatally shot a young Black man in a suburb of Minneapolis -- where a former police officer is currently on trial for the murder of George Floyd.
Myanmar envoy to London locked out after 'military coup' at embassy
AFP, Published on 08/04/2021
» LONDON: Diplomats loyal to Myanmar's junta have seized the country's embassy in London, leaving the ambassador locked out in the street after he called for the release of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Myanmar's UK envoy says military attache 'occupied' embassy
AFP, Published on 08/04/2021
» LONDON: Myanmar's ambassador to Britain accused a Yangon military-linked figure of occupying the embassy Wednesday and barring him access, in an extraordinary diplomatic stand-off a month after the envoy called for the junta to release ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Global brands find it hard to untangle themselves from Xinjiang cotton
New York Times, Published on 06/04/2021
» Faced with accusations that it was profiting from the forced labour of Uyghur people in the Chinese territory of Xinjiang, the H&M Group — the world’s second-largest clothing retailer — promised last year to stop buying cotton from the region.
At least 90 killed on Myanmar 'day of shame'
Published on 27/03/2021
» Security forces killed more than 90 people across Myanmar on Saturday in one of the bloodiest days of protests since the military coup last month, news reports and witnesses said.
Protest-hit Myanmar junta puts on show of force
AFP, Published on 27/03/2021
» NAY PYI TAW: Myanmar's military will on Saturday put on a major show of strength for the annual Armed Forces Day, as it struggles to quell widespread protests against its rule weeks after seizing power.
Thousands of protesters gather at Ratchaprasong
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/03/2021
» Thousands of demonstrators occupied Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok on Wednesday demanding reform of the monarchy and the release of detained leaders.
Thousands of protesters demand monarchy reform, release of jailed leaders
Published on 24/03/2021
» Thousands of demonstrators occupied Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok on Wednesday demanding reform of the monarchy and the release of detained leaders.