Myanmar Coup

The UN Human Rights Office said the military ramped up violence against civilians last year to unprecedented levels, inflicting the heaviest civilian death toll since the army takeover as its grip on power eroded.

Myanmar extends state of emergency for six months

Myanmar has been locked in a civil war triggered by the military's overthrow of the elected civilian government of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar junta urges armed opposition to join political fold in elections

The offer was the military’s first olive branch to its rivals since its 2021 coup, having resisted international calls to enter into dialogue with what it insists are terrorists determined to destroy the country.

Suu Kyi jailed for 5years on corruption charges; here’s all you need to know about her

On April 27, a Myanmar junta court sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail for corruption. Aung San Suu Kyi, the ousted civilian leader of Myanmar and Nobel laureate, has been charged with a raft of criminal offences including voter fraud. Here’s what we know about the 76-year-old leader’s life after Myanmar military overthrew her government in 2021. (Image: News18 Creative)

In Pics | Smuggled sketches offer glimpses into harsh Myanmar prison

Fourteen sketches smuggled out of Myanmar's Insein Prison and interviews with eight former prisoners offer a rare glimpse inside the country's most notorious jail, where thousands of political prisoners have been sent since last year's military coup and communication with the outside world is sharply limited

Myanmar military uses systematic torture across country

Since the coup d'état in Myanmar in February 2021, security forces have killed 1,218 people, including at least 131 detainees tortured to death, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.

Myanmar rejects UN resolution urging arms embargo

Myanmar described the resolution, which passed Friday and is not legally binding, as being based on one-sided sweeping allegations and false assumptions.

UN General Assembly demands Myanmar Junta end coup and stop the killings

Myanmar’s trajectory — from decades of military rule to a move toward democratic transition in recent years, and then abruptly and violently back to military rule this year — has made the Southeast Asian country of 54 million the site of one of the world’s most acute crises.

In Myanmar, health care’s collapse takes its own toll

Since the coup, more than 860 people are believed to have been killed by the security forces, who have gunned down protesters, bystanders and even young children. But health experts say the breakdown of Myanmar’s public health care system is taking a greater toll.

Myanmar violence escalating, creating 'rights catastrophe': UN

Pointing to reported military build-up in several regions of the country, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called for a halt to the already spiralling violence to avert even greater loss of life and a deepening humanitarian emergency.

Protracted unrest in Myanmar could put India’s ‘Act East’ policy in limbo

The Sittwe deep-water port and a 1,360-km highway to connect India and Thailand via Myanmar are among the Indian infrastructure projects that could be affected if the unrest continues.

South Asia Union | Isla Glaister: Support emerging leaders, connect changemakers to build peace in Asia

Peacebuilder and CEO of UK nonprofit The Business Plan for Peace, Isla Glaister offers solutions for peace in South Asia using lessons learnt from her experiences in Myanmar.

Will the Myanmar question disrupt BIMSTEC’s resurrection?

Will the BIMSTEC ministerial meet debate the expulsion of Myanmar? Or will it ask individual member states to clarify their policy towards Myanmar’s junta? 

Troops fire at funeral as Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since coup

So far on Sunday there were no reports of large-scale protests in Yangon or in the country's second city, Mandalay, which bore the brunt of the casualties on Saturday, Myanmar's Armed Forces Day. Funerals were held in many places.

Taiwan's Myanmar community denounces coup with defiant songs

Taiwan is home to around 40,000 people originally from Myanmar, most of whom are ethnic Chinese. Some are descendents of Nationalist troops trapped in Myanmar, then called Burma, at the end of China's civil war in 1949. Others have come more recently, fleeing repression and anti-Chinese sentiment.

Myanmar coup | Leader of Myanmar shadow civilian government vows resistance to junta rule

Mahn Win Khaing Than was appointed last week as acting vice-president by representatives of Myanmar's ousted lawmakers, the Committee for Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), which is pushing for recognition as the rightful government.

Six killed in protests in Myanmar as US, allies vow to restore democracy

Three people were killed and several injured when police opened fire on a sit-in protest in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-biggest city. Another person was killed in the central town of Pyay and two died in police firing in the commercial capital Yangon overnight.

Myanmar Coup | India steps up measures to check entry of Myanmar refugees

The directive cautioned that the four states were not authorized to accord refugee status to anyone entering India from Myanmar, as India is not a signatory to the U.N. Refugee Convention of 1951 and its 1967 Protocol.

Myanmar coup | Outrage as 19-year-old activist's body exhumed at night by military

Angel had joined the protests in Mandalay and was part of a core group of activists on the front lines that shielded other protesters from police advances.

A Small Town and a Spray of Bullets in Myanmar

Myaing’s rain-slicked streets were mottled with blood as police officers shot into a cluster of unarmed civilians, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 20, according to witnesses and hospital officials.

'Shoot me instead': Myanmar nun pleads with junta forces

The image of the Catholic nun in a simple white habit, her hands spread, pleading with the forces of the country's new junta as they prepared to crack down on a protest, has gone viral.

H&M pauses placing new orders in Myanmar

The world’s second-biggest fashion retailer cited practical difficulties to operate in the country, including challenges related to manufacturing and infrastructure, raw material imports and transport of finished goods.

China will engage with all parties in Myanmar post-military coup: Chinese FM

Myanmar's military toppled the government last month and seized power for one year, detaining top political figures, including de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint in the coup.

Timeline: The month since Myanmar's military coup

Here is a timeline of events since Myanmar's military took power in a coup on Monday, February 1.

EU prepares measures against Myanmar coup leaders

The EU ministers condemned the arrests and called for the unconditional release of the President, Suu Kyi and all those held since the coup.