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Published June 17, 2021, 6:54 AM YANGON, Myanmar – A prominent Myanmar ethnic rebel group will investigate an alleged massacre of civilians on its territory, it said Wednesday, after state media accused its fighters of killing 25 construction workers. This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch on June 16, 2021 shows protesters holding up the three finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. Handout / DAWEI WATCH / AFP Myanmar has been in turmoil since a...

Myanmar Military Intensifies Crackdown on Journalists With Newly Revised Law The military court recently sentenced two journalists under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code, just days after a US editor was arrested at the Yangon airport. Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute during a flash mob protest in Yangon, Myanmar June 3, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Stringer World10 hours ago New Delhi: Continuing with its crackdown on free press since it assumed power in a coup on February 1, the mili...

Two black pickups speed down an empty city street in Myanmar before coming to a sudden stop. Security forces standing in the back of the trucks begin firing at an

An investigation by The Associated Press and the Human Rights Center Investigations Lab at the University of California, Berkeley, identified more than 130 cases where security forces appeared to be using corpses and the bodies of the wounded to create anxiety, uncertainty, and strike fear in the civilian population

Two black pickups speed down an empty city street in Myanmar before coming to a sudden stop. Security forces standing in the back of the trucks begin firing at an

Two black pickups speed down an empty city street in Myanmar before coming to a sudden stop. Securit

Two black pickups speed down an empty city street in Myanmar before coming to a sudden...

Two black pickups speed down an empty city street in Myanmar before coming to a sudden...

An investigation by The Associated Press and the Human Rights Center Investigations Lab at the University of California, Berkeley, identified more than 130 cases where security forces appeared to be using corpses and the bodies of the wounded to create anxiety, uncertainty, and strike fear in the civilian population

The findings by the The Associated Press and the Human Rights Center Investigations Lab are based on more than 2,000 tweets and online images, in addition to interviews with family members, witness accounts, and local media reports.