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More than 30 killed, bodies burned in Myanmar’s Kayah state

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Human rights groups are accusing Myanmar’s military of committing a mass killing against civilians as they intensify an offensive against rebel forces in Kayah state. The Save the Children charity says two staff members were caught up in the violence and are missing. The violence follows a week of government bombing and artillery fire that has forced thousands of people from their homes. But there is fierce resistance from local ethnic groups. Al Jazeera’s @Laura Burdon-Manley reports. @Al Jazeera English – 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/ #Myanmar #Kayah #AlJazeeraEnglish

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

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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: Protesters killed as police fire live ammunition

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0 Demonstrations against Myanmar’s military have again turned deadly. At least six protesters have been killed by security forces. Not long after midnight, troops opened fire on a peaceful sit-in outside a police station in Yangon. 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 #Protesters

Inside Myanmar’s Crackdown – 101 East is on the front lines after the military coup

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Content warning: This film contains footage of physical abuse, shootings and deceased people. Myanmar is once again under the absolute control of the country’s powerful military. On February 1, the army staged a coup and declared a state of emergency for one year. The generals detained members of the civilian government and their supporters after accusing them of committing voter fraud during national elections in 2020. In the ensuing month, anti-coup protests and worker strikes have erupted across Myanmar. Security forces are now responding with deadly force. 101 East documents the rising deaths as people refuse to back down. – – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on […]

Myanmar military coup: Senior official describes dramatic escape

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0 A senior official from the National League of Democracy (NLD), the party of detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has revealed to Al Jazeera about how he fled the country, fearing for his life, after the February 1 coup. Dr Sasa, who left Myanmar by taxi and motorbike over the mountains, has now been chosen as the special envoy of the committee representing the NLD to the United Nations. For his safety, Dr Sasa spoke from an undisclosed location with Al Jazeera and said he thinks the army may now not be 100 percent behind the military government. Al Jazeera’s James Bays reports from the United Nations, New […]

‘Barricaded’ Myanmar protesters leave after tense standoff

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0 Police and security forces have allowed hundreds of protesters in Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon to leave after they hunkered down in one district in defiance of a weeks-long nightly curfew to protest the military government’s coup. It follows United Nations chief Antonio Guterres’ warning that security forces should show “maximum restraint” in dealing with the protesters. Security forces have killed dozens of protesters in weeks of demonstrations after Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained on February 1 following the military’s take over. The government has revoked the license of five independent media outlets. Al Jazeera’s Katia Lopez-Hodayan reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us […]

Myanmar police, army carry out increasingly brutal raids

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0 In Myanmar, a prominent Muslim politician has reportedly died after being arrested overnight by security forces. Khin Maung Latt’s cause of death is not known, but as Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng reports, the police and army have been carrying out increasingly brutal raids throughout the country. – 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/ #Myanmar

At least six killed as Myanmar forces crack down on anti-coup protests

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0 Security forces have opened fire on anti-coup protesters in several cities and towns in Myanmar, killing at least six people and wounding several more, according to reports. Two people were killed in the second biggest city of Mandalay on Wednesday while at least four others were killed in the town of Monywa in the central Sagaing region, witnesses said. A doctor told the AFP news agency one protester was shot in the chest in Mandalay while another, a 19-year-old young woman, was shot in her head. Al Jazeera’s Scott Heidler 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 […]

ASEAN set for talks with Myanmar military as crisis escalates

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0 ASEAN foreign ministers are preparing to hold virtual talks with a representative of Myanmar’s military on Tuesday, as anti-coup protesters returned to the streets in the main city of Yangon defying fresh threats from Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. Singapore’s foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan, in a televised interview late on Monday, said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will tell the military it is appalled by the violence in Myanmar and call for the release of the country’s elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and for the two sides to talk. “Instability in any corner of Southeast Asia threatens and affects the rest of us,” he said, adding that […]

At least 18 killed in the bloodiest day of Myanmar anti-coup protests

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0 “Throughout the day, in several locations throughout the country, police and military forces have confronted peaceful demonstrations, using lethal force and less-than-lethal force that – according to credible information received by the UN Human Rights Office – has left at least 18 people dead and over 30 wounded,” the office said on Sunday. Police were out in force early and opened fire in different parts of Yangon after stun grenades, tear gas and shots in the air failed to break up crowds in Myanmar’s largest city. Soldiers also reinforced police. Myanmar Now media group posted a video of a wounded man lying on the street near the Hledan Centre […]