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The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on two children of Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing and six companies they control in response to the military’s Feb. 1 coup and the killing of protesters since the takeover.

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Since Myanmar’s military overturned a democratically elected government on February 1, millions of people within the country have shown courage, discipline, and creativity by protesting the military coup.

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L’entreprise le rappelle elle-même, et avec fierté : c’est l’histoire d’une relation qui commence en 1992, alors que la junte militaire vient d’opérer un tournant répressif depuis 1989 en faisant enfermer, réprimer et tuer des opposants politiques, notamment de la Ligue Nationale pour la Démocratie d’Aung San Suu Kyi.

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The Biden Administration unveiled fresh trade sanctions on the Ministries of Defense and Home Affairs of Myanmar as well as two military business conglomerates, Myanmar Economic Corporation and Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited, on March 4.

Google is moving to remove ads and videos on its YouTube platform linked to Myanmar's military in the wake of last month's coup.

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The United Nations Security Council agreed on Wednesday to condemn violence against Myanmar protesters and call on the army to show restraint, but China and Russia helped block language denouncing the military takeover as a coup and threatening further action.

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Google and Viber on Wednesday said that they were reviewing recent advertisements carried by a Myanmar military-backed telecommunications firm post the February 1 coup.

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Financial services giant ANZ and Brisbane-based infrastructure and services provider Cardno are among foreign companies in Myanmar under increasing pressure to show solidarity with protesters as the junta which seized power almost six weeks ago digs in.

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Cinq semaines après le coup d’Etat militaire, les manifestations se poursuivent en Birmanie et sont durement réprimées. Les entreprises internationales pourraient-elles faire plus pour soutenir la population et la démocratie ?

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When Myanmar’s military tried to stage a coup d’etat on the first day of February, it probably expected it to be easy. After all, it never fully relaxed its grip on the levers of power held for five decades prior to allowing partial civilian rule.

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