Australian academic Sean Turnell has been detained in Myanmar. The economic adviser to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is the first known foreign arrest since the military coup on Monday, February 1.
3 week agoDemonstrators protest against the military coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
3 week agoMassive crowds in streets of Yangon to protest against Myanmar coup and call for release of Aung San Suu Kyi despite ban on internet
The military regime in Myanmar approved the use of the Sputnik vaccine
Thai Enquirer: It is now 7pm local time in Thailand. All contact have been lost to our two journalists in Myanmar. No reports from rights groups on the border while phone signal no longer works and numbers in Yangon cannot be called
Myanmar military shuts down internet as thousands protest against coup
Latest- police and some people still at this morning's protest site in Yangon
Internet gateways were told to shut down in next 30 minutes- Telenor Myanmar
3 week agoMyanmar: medical staff at a Mandalay hospital laid down their work for a short while tonight to join the anti-coup protests taking place outside
Myanmar orders internet providers to block Twitter and Instagram "until further notice"- Telenor
3 week agoTwitter users in Myanmar experiencing service disruption, after the Junta has already blocked Facebook and Whatsapp this week amid a growing public anger against it
Several hundred teachers and students protested at a Myanmar university Friday as the military widened a dragnet against officials ousted in a coup that has drawn global condemnation and the threat of new sanctions
Another leading figure in Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, Win Htein, told Reuters on Friday that he had been arrested in the aftermath of this week's coup
The US President: I had talks with our allies about the military coup in Myanmar
Biden says he's been in touch with McConnell about their mutual concerns over the situation in Myanmar
Democratic, republican U.S. senators to introduce resolution Myanmar of sanctions if it does not reverse course on coup - senator
3 week agoResidents of Yangon, Myanmar, banged pots and pans outside their windows and balconies for the second straight night Wednesday in protest of the military coup
3 week agoFour arrested in Mandalay after street protest against military coup. Demonstrators shouted 'Down with military rule.' during the protest outside a medical university
3 week agoResidents take part in a noise campaign on a street in Yangon on February 4, 2021, after calls for protest against the militarycoup emerged on social media.
The UN Security Council expresses deep concern over the declaration of a state of emergency in Myanmar and calls for the release of detainees
At least 147 people detained in Myanmar since coup, including activists, lawmakers and officials from the ousted government: activist group
3 week agoHappening in Myanmar right now. Citizens banging pots and pans to protest against the military government
3 week agoDemonstrators burn portrait of Burmese junta leader Min Aung Hlaing close to the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok on Thursday night to protest the coup in Myanmar and call for restoration of democratic government
3 week agoAt Myanmar embassy in Bangkok. Myanmar citizens sing 88 uprising song as they protest against Military coup
Seventy former ruling party MPs in Myanmar hold "self-parliament session" at government housing complex in Naypyidaw, denouncing military government following coup
3 week agoMyanmar's government is now blocking Facebook (including Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger) until Feb 7 at midnight. Over 22 million people use Facebook in Myanmar, and it's a critical tool for citizens to share information and organize
Guterres pledges to muster sufficient international pressure to ensure the failure of the military coup in Myanmar
3 week agoConfirmed: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp servers are now restricted in Myanmar on state-owned internet provider MPT; real-time metrics show selective filtering in place even as basic connectivity is restored following military coup
Reuters: some Facebook users say they are unable to access social media network in Myanmar
"We are disturbed, of course, by these reports" that Aung San Suu Kyi and other NLD leaders are being charged by the military following the BurmaCoup, says @statedeptspox. "The review is ongoing" on assessment of US aid to Myanmar
