The violence keeps coming in Myanmar, under military rule since February 2021. The junta stands accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, with evidence of systematic use of killings, rape, torture and other gross human rights violations in its attempt to suppress forces demanding a return to democracy. Even humanitarian
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The Myanmar junta continues to wreak death & destruction
Myanmar has been embroiled in violence and civil unrest since the military ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup in February 2021. The initially widespread peaceful protests were crushed with deadly force by the military and police. The nonviolent opposition has since turned into armed resistance
Myanmar military intensifies crackdown on journalists
As the imprisonment of scribes and other democratic activists under arbitrary laws becomes a new normal in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), the Switzerland based media rights body Press Emblem Campaign urges the military regime in Nay Pie Taw to release all media workers unreservedly. The military junta led by general
When Mayanmar no longer matters
Populism may cheer the fight back by the Burman civilian clusters against Burman military ones but it also signals the rise of long term disaster for all Myanmar people. Initially, it had seemed that the military was in charge, resistance was spontaneous not sustainable and casualties would be low but