The Southeast Asian country has been plunged into turmoil since the military overthrew and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1. There were sporadic protests across Myanmar on Saturday …
Myanmar protests continue as UN urged to hear ‘desperate pleas’
Crackdown on anti-coup protesters continues in Myanmar as UN envoy calls on Security Council to take immediate action.
Myanmar asks India to return eight police who fled across border
Authorities in Myanmar have asked India to return several police officers who sought refuge to avoid taking orders from a military junta that seized power in the Southeast Asian country last month, an …
Lobbyist says Myanmar junta wants to improve relations with the West, spurn China
An Israeli-Canadian lobbyist hired by Myanmar’s junta said on Saturday that the generals are keen to leave politics after their coup and seek to improve relations with the United States and distance …
India steps up border patrols to stop arrivals from Myanmar
Indian security forces stepped up patrols on the border with Myanmar on Friday to stop refugees entering after some police officers crossed over to escape taking orders from the military junta there, …
Protests, Tear Gas in Myanmar After UN Envoy Urges Action
Security forces in Myanmar have again used force to disperse anti-coup protesters, a day after the U.N. special envoy urged the Security Council to take action to quell junta violence that this week …
UN envoy urges Myanmar be put ‘on notice’ amid fresh bloodshed
Protester fatally shot in the neck in Mandalay and an NLD official was stabbed and killed by pro-junta mob in Magway.
Myanmar: stop military killing protesters, envoy tells security council
Christine Schraner Burgener says UN must put junta ‘on notice’ and stand with people of Myanmar …
Myanmar ethnic groups are uniting against a common enemy: the military
For many of Myanmar’s ethnic minorities, the bloodshed inflicted across the country’s towns and cities this week is a continuation of the oppression they have suffered at the hands of the military for …
United Nations urged to hear the ‘desperate pleas’ of Myanmar’s pro-democracy protestors at meetings of the Security Council
The Security Council took up the escalating crisis and heard from Christine Schraner Burgener, the UN special envoy on Myanmar, who warned against any moves to grant legitimacy to the junta.