Three more killed on Thursday night and another four shot to death on Friday, pushing the number of lives lost even higher.
Ethnic armed group calls for an end to violence against protesters, the release of detainees, and an exit by the military from politics.
After the murder of six-year-old Khin Myo Chit by the junta’s forces in Mandalay this week, we look at other child deaths at the hands of Myanmar’s authorities.
More than 20 of the 320 dead so far were children; some had taken to the streets, some were innocent bystanders.
Six Norwegian academics have nominated the civil disobedience movement for its determination to bring down the military regime.
The sanctions are a response to the junta’s coup and the security forces use of lethal violence against peaceful pro-democracy protesters.
The global financial institution in December predicted that Myanmar would start recovering economically from COVID-19 this month.
Healthcare workers participating in the civil disobedience movement in Ayeyarwady Region are being pressured to return to work.
The Central Bank of Myanmar also said private bank employees who fail to return to work will be blacklisted from working in the financial industry in future.
Video footage shows men hurling Molotov cocktails at ousted ruling party’s Yangon office; only minor damage was reported as local residents started putting out the blaze.
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