Myanmar military

The Lady Vanishes: Suu Kyi Back Under House Arrest

The Myanmar military's detention of Aung San Suu Kyi during this week's coup has revived memories of her more than 15 years of house arrest at a lakeside villa in Yangon during the country's last period of junta rule.Under the cover of darkness early Monday, soldiers took Myanmar's de facto leader - who became a beacon for democracy in the 1990s and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate - back into custody.A lawmaker from her National League for Democracy (NLD) party, who requested

3 February 2021
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Myanmar journalist hit with terrorism charges

A Myanmar journalist faces up to life in prison for publishing an interview with a rebel group operating in the country's restive Rakhine state a week after the insurgents were classified as a terrorist organisation.The western region has long been a tinderbox of conflict between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army (AA), a group demanding greater autonomy for the state's ethnic Rakhine people.Clashes have left scores of civilians killed, hundreds injured and about 150,000 displaced

1 April 2020
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UN: Myanmar travel ban not enough

A United States (US) travel ban on Myanmar's army chief and three other top officers for their role in orchestrating a crackdown against Rohingya Muslims does not go far enough, a United Nations (UN) rights investigator said Thursday.The sanctions announced Tuesday were the strongest censure yet from a Western power since the army launched its offensive against the stateless minority in August 2017 following attacks on police posts.US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said army chief Min Au

19 July 2019
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Myanmar military on UN 'list of shame'

An upcoming United Nations (UN) report featuring a blacklist of child rights violators is expected to refrain from toughening criticism of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen despite a bus bombing last year that killed scores of children, according to diplomats.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is due to release the annual list of shame later this month ahead of a Security Council meeting on children and armed conflicts scheduled for 2 August.The coalition was put on the UN blacklis

14 July 2019
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US sanctions Myanmar military

The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on four commanders and two military units in Myanmar over their involvement in alleged ethnic cleansing of the country’s Rohingya Muslim population.The sanctions against Myanmar, also known as Burma, will freeze the United States (US) assets of the military officials and prohibit American citizens and businesses from engaging in business with them.

18 August 2018
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