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At Yangon’s Insein Prison, troops were called in after inmates began shouting anti-regime slogans; protests were also reported at prisons in Sagaing and Mandalay regions.

The country lost about 1.2 million jobs in Q2 following the February military coup, which has crippled an economy already hit by COVID, the labor agency said.

Urging people to take refuge in Buddha is seen as a sign of the regime’s desperation—and highly ironic, given its forces’ record of beating monks and murdering civilians.

A total of five doctors volunteering for a Yangon charity were arrested; the regime appears to be targeting medics working independently of official anti-COVID efforts.

Former BBC reporter Chris Gunness recalls U Nay Min, the fearless democracy activist who helped spark the 1988 uprising against a previous junta, at huge personal cost.

The 80-year-old stalwart of the elected ruling party was arrested within days of the coup for saying the takeover was a result of the military chief’s lust for power.

U Aung Kyaw Kyaw Oo is accused of leading a civilian defense force in Hlaing Township, in the latest move by the regime to link NLD members to ‘destructive actions’.

With the public refusing to pay bills and thousands of energy workers on strike or fired, the junta is unable to meet the country’s power needs, a group of experts said.