5 month agoPa-O ethnic group protest peacefully to against military in Nyaung Shwe, Shan State
Myanmar: Police shot dead during anti-coup protests in Mandalay
Burma suffers a power blackout amid protests over the coup, as YouTube blocks five television channels controlled by the military junta
March 5 (Reuters) - Police opened fire on Friday in the Myanmar city of Mandalay on protesting opponents of a Feb. 1 military coup, killing one person, witnesses and media said
Thomas Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights situation in Myanmar, urged the UN Security Council to impose a global arms embargo and targeted sanctions against the country's military
5 month agoJunta in Myanmar "should immediately release" all journalists being held and allow reporters to work without harassment, intimidation or fear of reprisal, sats @StateDeptSpox who also condemns "the heinous violence we've seen in recent days
U.S. blocked Myanmar attempt to pull $1B from NY Fed: Reuters
Asked about journalists being held in Myanmar by authorities after the BurmaCoup, @PressSec says this is of "great concern" to @POTUS "and every member of our administration. She describes the situation in Burma as "troubling
5 month agoMyanmar embassy in US Washington DC "expresses strong opposition and rejection to the use of lethal force" by security forces against protesters in Myanmar. Expresses great distress & sadness for those who have been killed since Feb 1 coup
5 month agoMyanmar's MPs ousted by military @CrphMyanmar urges UN Security Council a day before meeting to help protect Myanmar people from "further humanrights violations", impose targeted sanctions on military leaderusinesses, establish total arms embargo
5 month agoMandalay. Random shooting by Myanmar military forces this evening circa 7.16pm
At least 54 people have been killed and over 1,700 detained since Myanmar's February 1 coup, the UN rights chief said Thursday, demanding that the military "stop murdering" protesters
At least 19 Myanmar police officers have crossed over into India and are seeking refuge there, a senior police official told Reuters
Defiant anti-coup protesters returned to cities and towns across Myanmar on Thursday after dozens of people were killed in the deadliest day of the junta's crackdown, with global powers condemning the "brutal violence"
3 Myanmar policemen flee across the border into India
5 month agoFuneral held for Myanmar protester. Thousands attend 33-year-old Lwin Lwin Oo's funeral. He was shot dead during clashes with security forces on February 28 in Myanmar's southern coastal city of Dawei
5 month agoSecurity forces used some machine guns during the protest crackdowns yesterday which left at least 38 people killed
The UN denounces at least 38 dead in Burma on the day with the most victims of the protests against the coup
5 month agoSecurity forces beating medical workers. Footage from Yangon, Myanmar, today
5 month agoCivilian was shot in head to death by military in North Oakkalapa. Locals believed that militants use machine gun based on the continuous sounds of shooting from afar.
North Okkalapa Hospital says security forces killed six protesters in North Okkala crackdown today. Three of them were shot in the head
5 month agoDeath toll in Myanmar Protests today rises to 13
The media could not cover North Okkalapa crackdown as the roads were closed by security forces and could not enter to the area. Number of casualties still unconfirmed
It was reported that 6 people died during the intervention of security forces in anti-coup demonstrations in Myanmar.
Protester shot dead, several wounded during clash in Myanmar's Myingyan - witness, media reports
One person killed at protest in Myanmar commercial capital Yangon, several wounded - witnesses
5 month agoAt least six people are killed as Myanmar security forces fire on pro-democracy protesters, after the junta hit half a dozen detained journalists, including an Associated Press photographer, with criminal charges
Four shot dead at Myanmar protest: medics
5 month ago2 people shot dead in Mandalay 1 Male (shot in chest) & 19-year-old girl (shot in head)died on the spot after violent attack by security forces in an attempt to disperse the protest in Mandalay
5 month agoAside from clashes with police/military in Yangon Myanmar, protesters in northern Kachin Myitkyina also facing the same situation to fend off advancing security forces trying to disperse them. (Local Kachin media live stream)
