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, …
U.N. investigators seek evidence of criminal orders by Myanmar junta
A U.N. team of investigators on Myanmar appealed on Wednesday for people to collect and preserve documentary evidence of crimes ordered by the military since a Feb. 1 coup, in order to build future …
Envoy of Myanmar civilian gov’t defiant after treason charge
Dr Sasa, charged with treason by military coup leaders, tells Al Jazeera he is ‘proud’ to stand with Myanmar protesters.
Myanmar Buddhist group signals break with authorities after violent crackdown
(Reuters) – The most powerful group of Buddhist monks in Myanmar called on the junta to end violence against protesters and accused an “armed minority” of torture and killing innocent civilians …
Residents flee Yangon suburb fearing fresh Myanmar military crackdown, EU readies sanctions
“Here is like a war zone, they are shooting everywhere,” a labour organizer in the Hlaing Tharyar district told Reuters, saying that most residents were too frightened to go outside. More than 40 …
Thousands flee Myanmar industrial zone amid fears of more bloodshed
Security forces maintained a heavy presence in the industrial zone of Hlaing Tharyar in Yangon, where more than 40 people were killed on Sunday and several factories were set ablaze, residents said.