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Burma
A new report reveals the Myanmar military planned 2017’s brutal purge of the Rohingya years in advance.
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Burma
Former army officer U Aung Ko, who is said to be close to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, has been suffering from heart problems in Insein Prison.
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Burma
"Why did it do that? They can’t do that,” said the visibly upset ousted leader.
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Analysis
Coup leader Min Aung Hlaing continues to insist that his regime is just an interim government authorized under the military-drafted 2008 constitution.
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Burma
The Union Solidarity and Development Party has a long history of staging pro-military demonstrations for propaganda purposes.
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Burma
Families recall Ko Aung Thura Zaw and Ko Hla Myo Aung from Yangon’s Hlaing Tharyar Township, two of the four activists hanged in July by the junta.
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Commentary
Enjoying impunity at home and indifference from abroad, Min Aung Hlaing is living up to his boast that there is ‘nothing’ he ‘dare not do’.
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Guest Column
A political dissident and a rebel army officer were both executed by the then junta in the 1970s.
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Junta Watch
Also this week, the coup leader’s obsession with the NLD followed him to Russia, and the military meddled in another place it shouldn’t—the Central Bank of Myanmar.
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Guest Column
Given the military’s rigging and rejections of previous elections, no one believes the coup leader’s assurances that a free and fair poll will be held next year.
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Burma
Residents of Tawkashat Village in Sagaing Region’s Kantbalu said the executive of the former ruling party’s township branch was killed by a Pyu Saw Htee militia group.
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Burma
The Union Solidarity and Development Party has a long history of exploiting the state’s assets for its own benefit.
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Burma
With 10 more arrests in the last two weeks, the regime is increasingly targeting lawyers representing senior NLD figures and anti-coup activists.
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Burma
Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing has used unfounded allegations of electoral fraud in the 2020 general election to justify his coup.
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Burma
With Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in solitary confinement in Naypyitaw Prison, the regime has sent her servants, pet dog Taichito and possessions to her Yangon residence.