#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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#Fashion giant H&M pauses placing new orders in Myanmar

#Fashion giant H&M pauses placing new orders in Myanmar

“#Fashion giant H&M pauses placing new orders in Myanmar” STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s H&M, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, said on Monday it was shocked by the use of deadly force against protesters in Myanmar and that it had paused placing orders in the country. Police and military have killed more than 50 people to quell…

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#YouTube removes 5 channels run by Burma military for violating community standards

#YouTube removes 5 channels run by Burma military for violating community standards

“#YouTube removes 5 channels run by Burma military for violating community standards” YANGON, Myanmar — YouTube removed five channels run by Myanmar’s military for violating its guidelines, it announced Friday, as demonstrators defied growing violence by security forces and staged more anti-coup protests ahead of a special UN Security Council meeting on the country’s political…

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#Myanmar soldiers use TikTok to threaten protesters

#Myanmar soldiers use TikTok to threaten protesters

“#Myanmar soldiers use TikTok to threaten protesters” SINGAPORE – Armed Myanmar soldiers and police are using TikTok to deliver death threats to protesters against last month’s coup, researchers said, leading the Chinese video-sharing app to announce it was removing content that incites violence. Digital rights group Myanmar ICT for Development (MIDO) said it had found…

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