Myanmar junta targets crippling attacks as arrests approach 500

[ad_1] Myanmar’s military junta has issued arrest warrants for six celebrities for encouraging strikes that have paralyzed many government offices in protests against this month’s coup, with a total of arrests since then now approaching 500. Late on Wednesday (February 17), security forces opened fire in Myanmar’s second-largest city, Mandalay, …

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Protesters in Myanmar organize biggest rallies since troop deployment

[ad_1] YANGON: Myanmar’s anti-coup protesters returned to the streets in force on Wednesday (February 17), staging the largest demonstrations since troops were deployed across the country to quell opposition to the new military government. Much of the country has been in open rebellion since the army deposed Nobel laureate Aung …

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Former Sri Mariamman Temple Chief Priest Charged With CBT

[ad_1] South China morning post China denies aiding Myanmar coup after pro-democracy protests outside embassy China’s ambassador to Myanmar dismissed rumors that Beijing was aiding a military coup in its Southeast Asian neighbor, days after hundreds of pro-democracy protesters demonstrated outside the Chinese embassy. On February 1, Myanmar’s armed forces …

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