#Burma’s junta doubles down on its bloody crackdown

#Burma’s junta doubles down on its bloody crackdown

“#Burma’s junta doubles down on its bloody crackdown” Burma’s military celebrated Saturday’s annual “Armed Forces Day” with a parade in the capital of Naypyitaw — and with the killing of 114 anti-coup protesters. It marked the bloodiest day since the junta (which also insists on calling the country the made-up name Myanmar) ousted the democratically…

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#Myanmar sees bloodiest day of protests as death toll hits 114

#Myanmar sees bloodiest day of protests as death toll hits 114

“#Myanmar sees bloodiest day of protests as death toll hits 114” As Myanmar’s military celebrated the country’s annual “Armed Forces Day” with a parade in the capital Naypyitaw, police and soldiers opened fire on anti-coup protesters in more than 40 cities across the country, killing a reported 114 people, including children. It was the bloodiest…

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#Thein Zaw released from detention in Myanmar

#Thein Zaw released from detention in Myanmar

“#Thein Zaw released from detention in Myanmar” YANGON, Myanmar — Thein Zaw, a journalist for The Associated Press who was arrested more than three weeks ago while covering a protest against the coup in Myanmar, was released from detention on Wednesday. Visibly thinner than before his arrest, Thein Zaw waved and smiled to photographers as…

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#Doctors protest in Myanmar as crackdown claims more lives

#Doctors protest in Myanmar as crackdown claims more lives

“#Doctors protest in Myanmar as crackdown claims more lives” MANDALAY, Myanmar — Health care workers marched through Myanmar’s second-biggest city Sunday as part of a broad civil disobedience movement against last month’s coup. While their protest was left alone, security forces used violence elsewhere and shot dead at least one person. About 100 doctors, nurses,…

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#Five dead in ongoing Myanmar protests to restore democracy

#Five dead in ongoing Myanmar protests to restore democracy

“#Five dead in ongoing Myanmar protests to restore democracy” At least five protesters were killed by security forces in Myanmar, witnesses and media reported, as activists marked the death anniversary on Saturday of a student whose killing in 1988 sparked an uprising against the military government. Two people were killed and several injured when police…

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#Myanmar’s searing smartphone images flood a watching world

#Myanmar’s searing smartphone images flood a watching world

“#Myanmar’s searing smartphone images flood a watching world” The images ricochet across the planet, as so many do in this dizzying era of film it, upload it, tell it to the world: scenes from a protest-turned-government crackdown, captured at ground level by smartphone users on the streets of Myanmar. Images shot across barricades and furtively…

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