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Migrants trapped between crackdowns in Peru and Chile | Al Jazeera Newsfeed

Hundreds of people are stranded between Peru and Chile as a result of crackdowns on migrants in both countries. Among those being blocked by Peruvian border forces are groups of Venezuelans who say they’re trying to return home. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News

Dissident crackdown: Nicaragua expels order of Mother Teresa nuns

Nicaragua’s government has expelled a group of Catholic nuns from an order founded by Mother Teresa. Critics say it is part of a crackdown on anyone suspected of opposing the president. The nuns have been accused of breaching new funding laws in their work with children and abused women. Al Jazeera’s Latin America editor @Lucia Newman reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Nicaragua #PoliticalCrisis

Russia media crackdown: Rain TV staff resign en masse on air in protest

Staff at Russia’s independent Rain TV network resign en masse on air to protest media crackdown. Russian regulator issues warning to media to stop reporting false information’ on war. US has accused Moscow of muzzling local independent media in Russia. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #BreakingNews #Russia #MediaCrackdown #Ukraine

Video from Myanmar claims to show aftermath of a village massacre

UN officials have condemned the killings of at least 10 people in Myanmar’s northwestern Sagaing district allegedly perpetrated by government security forces. Eyewitness accounts from the area say more than 100 government troops entered Don Thaw village on December 7, searching for armed fighters from the so-called Peoples Defence Force. A video has emerged claiming to show the aftermath of the killing. Al Jazeera’s @Tony Cheng reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Myanmar #Sagaing #Violance

Myanmar coup: Young people join ranks of rebel fighters

Four months after Myanmar’s military sacked the civilian government and unleashed a violent crackdown on protesters, more and more young people say they are taking up arms. They are leaving protests in the streets and heading to training camps in the jungle. Al Jazeera’s Andrew Chappelle reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Myanmar #Crackdown

ASEAN urged to consider Myanmar’s expulsion over coup abuses

The protesters are angered by the decision to invite Myanmar’s army chief to the ASEAN leaders’ summit in Jakarta. The coup and the brutal crackdown that followed are top of the agenda. But there seems to be little consensus about how the regional grouping should react, as Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng reports from Bangkok, Thailand. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Myanmar #ASEAN

Myanmar UN envoy urges no-fly zone as many protesters killed

On Friday, the UN Security Council heard pleas from the people of Myanmar for action to stop the military crackdown at an unofficial meeting of Council members. Al Jazeera’s diplomatic editor James Bays reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Myanmar #UnitedNations

Myanmar death toll edges up to 550 as online crackdown tightens

At least five more people have been killed in Myanmar in the latest crackdown on anti-coup protesters. But threats of violence and arrests have done little to deter demonstrators more than two months after the military coup. This comes as 10 ethnic armed groups on Myanmar’s borders threw their support behind the anti-coup movement on Saturday, prompting regional concerns of a wider conflict. Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Myanmar #Protests

Myanmar protests: At least 50 shot dead by military in crackdown

Myanmar media reports at least 50 people killed by military in crackdown on anti-coup protests. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #BreakingNews #Myanmar #Protests

Myanmar’s protesters start to flee country

Myanmar’s security forces have been intensifying their crackdown on anti-coup protesters and people are now starting to flee. They have not attempted to leave the country in large groups yet, but neighbouring Thailand is preparing for the possibility of refugees. But one of Myanmar’s ethnic armies that controls territory along the border says it is already sheltering hundreds who have fled the violence. Al Jazeera’s Scott Heidler has more from the Thai border town of Mae Sot. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Myanmar #Thailand #Refugees