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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.

Meet two of the most prominent faces in the protests in Mandalay and Monywa.

Regime’s forces attack protesters in Sagaing and Bago regions as civilians attempt to fight back.

Thingyan festivities should not be celebrated out of respect for those slain by the regime, and to thwart its efforts to create an impression of normalcy, they say.

Asked by CNN what Gen. Aung San would think of the Tatmadaw’s brutal crackdowns, a flustered Brig-Gen Zaw Min Tun tried to change the subject, then got his facts wrong.

At least 23 more deaths at hands of junta’s security forces reported Saturday night and Sunday; wounded man burned alive by troops in Mandalay.

More than 20 of the 320 dead so far were children; some had taken to the streets, some were innocent bystanders.

At least eight more were shot dead Thursday, bringing the post-coup death toll to 270 with many wounded and not expected to survive.

Speaking at the ASEAN Chiefs of Defense Forces Meeting, Lt-Gen Melvyn Ong urged Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing to refrain from using lethal force against protesters.

Myanmar security forces’ intensified crackdown against anti-regime protesters nationwide has prompted Thailand to prepare for a possible influx of refugees.

Police men and women across the country say they can’t follow the military’s ‘lawless’ orders to use violence against civilians.