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3/29/2021 11:44:56 AM
Biden led global condemnation of an "absolutely outrageous" crackdown by Myanmar's junta that left more than 100 people dead in the bloodiest day since the coup two months ago
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3/28/2021 9:54:42 AM
Across Myanmar, opponents of the ruling junta on Sunday mourned the killings of at least 114 people by security forces in the bloodiest day since the military coup on Feb. 1
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3/27/2021 9:38:56 AM
"If they continue to shoot at protesters and bully the people, I think all the ethnic groups would not just stand by and do nothing", chair of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army said
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3/25/2021 8:27:11 PM
Thursday's actions were the most significant by far against the business interests of Myanmar's military, which range from beer and cigarettes to telecommunications, tires, mining and real estate
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3/22/2021 9:18:22 PM
There was no immediate response from the junta, which has shown no sign so far of being swayed by international condemnation of its actions
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3/22/2021 3:09:37 PM
The sanctions will be the EU's most significant response to the events in Myanmar so far. The names of the 11 people involved in the coup and repression of demonstrators will be made public after the meeting
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3/21/2021 10:19:30 AM
The violence failed to deter hundreds of doctors and nurses donning hard hats and brandishing posters of Suu Kyi as they marched through Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city and cultural capital
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3/20/2021 9:32:27 AM
The country has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power in a 1 February coup
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3/18/2021 1:50:14 PM
Western countries have condemned the coup and called for an end to the violence and for the release of Suu Kyi and others
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3/17/2021 8:46:00 PM
'We call on all the democratic forces, the social and political opposition, and on our people to join a common fight against this political coup,' the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) said in a statement
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3/16/2021 2:34:35 PM
In total, she said, the office had corroborated that a total of 149 people had died in the crackdown on protests since February 1, but stressed that the actual number was surely much higher
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3/15/2021 10:34:02 AM
The worst of Sunday's bloodshed came in the Yangon suburb of Hlaingthaya where security forces killed at least 37 protesters after arson attacks on Chinese-owned factories, said a doctor in the area who declined to be identified
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3/14/2021 7:02:00 PM
State television said the implementation of martial law was up to the commander on the ground
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3/13/2021 10:32:56 PM
More than 70 people have been killed in Myanmar in widespread protests against the military’s seizure of power, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners advocacy group has said
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3/13/2021 12:28:23 PM
Three deaths were reported in Mandalay, the country's second-biggest city, and one in Pyay, a town in south-central Myanmar
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3/9/2021 4:21:25 PM
A Thai university has warned foreign students to steer clear of political rallies or face revocation of their visas and immigration blacklisting amid anti-government protests and local demonstrations against a coup in Myanmar
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3/9/2021 1:45:12 PM
People barricaded in a Yangon neighbourhood overnight said Tuesday that security forces searched their homes room by room for anti-coup protesters, targeting apartments flying the flag of Aung San Suu Kyi's party
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3/8/2021 12:20:21 PM
Banks, stores, shopping malls and some clothing factories were closed following an appeal by trade unions for a general strike to bring the economy to a standstill
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3/7/2021 4:03:26 PM
In a statement, nine labour organisations called on "all Myanmar people" to stop work in an effort to reverse the seizure of power by the military, which overthrew the civilian government on Feb. 1
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3/7/2021 11:25:04 AM
The biggest turnout was in Myanmar’s second city, Mandalay, where activists staged a sit-in protest after two minutes of silence in honour of people killed by police and the army, video showed
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