The Open Society Foundations are deeply concerned by reports that Phyu Pa Pa Thaw, finance manager of OSM (Open Society Myanmar), has been detained in Myanmar. We call for her immediate release. We …
Pope Francis Urges Peace in Myanmar, Says He Too ‘Kneeling in the Streets’
Pope Francis Wednesday appealed for peace in Myanmar, where clashes between police and coup protesters have left around 200 people dead. At the end of his weekly audience at the Vatican, the pope said …
Protesters in Myanmar fight back amid violent crackdown
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Protesters in Myanmar fired slingshots and threw Molotov cocktails toward lines of security forces after apparently coming under fire Wednesday, a rare incidence of anti-coup …
As Myanmar protesters torch Chinese factories, workers are caught in spiraling crisis
Smoke billows from an industrial zone in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday. Attacks on Chinese-run factories drew demands from Beijing for protection of Chinese property and employees. (AP) Xiang Jun has …
‘Death sentence awaits us’: Coup-hit Myanmar officers in India
Dozens of Myanmar police officers and citizens who fled February 1 coup to India now face an uncertain future.
Council of Buddhist Monks in Myanmar Calls for End to Violence
A high-ranking council of Buddhist monks in Myanmar says it is suspending all activities amid the military junta’s escalating and deadly crackdown on anti-coup demonstrators. The 47-member State …
Foreign Oil and Gas Companies Urged to Suspend Business Ties with Myanmar Military Regime
Elected lawmakers from the ousted National League for Democracy government have sent a final notice calling on the largest foreign-owned oil and gas companies operating in Myanmar to suspend business …
Foreign Oil and Gas Companies Urged to Suspend Business Ties with Myanmar Military Regime
Elected lawmakers from the ousted National League for Democracy government have sent a final notice calling on the largest foreign-owned oil and gas companies operating in Myanmar to suspend business …
Battlezone Myanmar: Plumes of smoke rise over country’s biggest city as security forces fire on unarmed protesters bringing death toll to more than 200
Plumes of smoke rose over Myanmar’s largest city today as security forces fired on unarmed protesters to bring the death toll to more than 200. Terrified residents have fled the industrial …
Pope: ‘I kneel on the streets of Myanmar and say stop the violence’
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis appealed on Wednesday for an end to bloodshed in Myanmar, saying: “Even I kneel on the streets of Myanmar and say ‘stop the violence'”. Francis made the appeal, …