In THe NEws

When hundreds of protesters gathered outside Japan’s embassy in Yangon during the height of nationwide anti-coup protests in February, Ambassador Ichiro Maruyama emerged from the gates with a firm warning for the junta: Release the detained civilian leadership “immediately.”

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L’ONG Justice for Myanmar rapporte que Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) aurait livré des radars à l’armée birmane via sept livraisons effectuées entre le 27 février et le 29 mars alors que la junte est au pouvoir depuis le 1er février.

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Human rights defenders on Friday mostly welcomed a United Nations General Assembly resolution "strongly condemning" deadly violence perpetrated by Myanmar's military coup regime in recent months and calling on member nations to "prevent the flow of arms" into the country.

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On February 1, the Burmese military thwarted the will of the Burmese people and carried out a coup. The coup dashed the Burmese people’s hopes for a brighter, more democratic future for the Southeast Asian nation.

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Danish banks and financial companies are estimated to have shares worth more than DKK 450 million in companies connected to Myanmar's military, which in turn is leading the country after a military coup in February this year.

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101 East uses witness testimony and forensic analysis to expose a secret interrogation centre in the country’s biggest city, Yangon. This investigation also reveals how Western tech firms have sold surveillance software and data extraction tools to the country.

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When the soldiers came knocking in the middle of the night, some ministers had already packed a bag. After days of hushed rumours, Myanmar awoke to a crushing new reality: its decade-long experiment in democracy, for all its flaws, was over.

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The Myanmar junta chief’s candid admission that his regime is not in full control of the country ravaged by a civil war offers an opportunity for India to step in to mitigate the crisis.

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Swedish pension fund AP7, the Dutch architects’ pension fund, Velliv and other European pension funds have signed a joint declaration urging companies with business in Myanmar to take action, given the risk of human rights violations under the military dictatorship.

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Sosyal medyada, Magway bölgesindeki Kinma köyündeki evlerin çoğunluğunun yangında yerle bir olduğuna ve çiftlik hayvanlarının yanarak öldüğüne ilişkin fotoğraflar paylaşıldı.

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