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Human rights organization says it has documented each of the 726 deaths at the hands of the junta and believes the number will rise as more information becomes available.
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Charities in Bago were told to split up the memorial to 14 civilians killed by the junta and to remove inscriptions praising the “Heroes of the Revolution.”
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A single day of Bago raids took the lives of more than 80 civilians, pushing toll since the Feb. 1 coup to more than 700.
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Perhpas as many as 80 dead in day-long attack in Bago on Friday; people saw bodies thrown into a dump truck.
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Regime forces reportedly used mortars to drop explosive shells on three Bago residential wards in a dawn raid targeting roadblocks.
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Relatives of prisoners denied the chance to attend trials in the temporary courts and claim they breach human rights.
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Regime’s forces attack protesters in Sagaing and Bago regions as civilians attempt to fight back.
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Grenade attacks were reported on the military-joint venture Mytel office and a guardhouse at the town’s pagoda.
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Police Captain Kyaw Naing Oo died during a crackdown on anti-regime protesters, leading the city’s free funeral organizations to refuse to help arrange his service.
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The ADB has green-lighted a nearly $500-million loan to build an expressway from Bago to Mon State’s Kyaikhto as part of Japan’s planned East-West Economic Corridor.
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Elections in History
The four election commissions between 1990 and 2020 have all had their own shortcomings.
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Travel
It’s been a hard few months for Myanmar. Now that lockdowns are lifted and domestic travel is back on, easy overnights and day trips from Yangon offer a much-needed break.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
Dr. Myint Myint Sein was discharged from the hospital Monday, six weeks after she risked her own health in an attempt to save a coronavirus patient in early April.