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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 oncoming motorbike carrying three young men. The bike swerves, crashing into a gate. More shots are fired as two of the passengers run away, while…

By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON Associated Press May 26, 2021 May 26, 2021 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 oncoming motorbike carrying three young men. The bike swerves, crashing into a gate. More shots are fired as two of the passengers run away, while the third, Kyaw Min Latt, remains on the ground. Moans are heard as officers grab the wounded 17-y...

FILE - In this Thursday, March 4, 2021 file photo, a man holds a picture of 19-year-old Kyal Sin, also known as Angel, during her burial in Mandalay, Myanmar. (AP Photo) In this April 1, 2021 photo provided by Dawei Watch news outlet, Hnin Twel Tar Aung holds an image of her 17-year old boyfriend, Kyaw Min Latt, followed by his mother, Maw Maw Oo, partially obscured; and father, Soe Soe Latt, while walking in front of Kyaw Min Latts coffin during a funeral procession in Dawei, Myanmar. (Dawei W...

Myanmar military uses bodies as tools of terror in crackdown More than 130 instances were identified 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. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- In this March 13, 2021 image from video obtained by The Associated Press, security forces carry the body of an unidentified individual in the Sein Pann ward of Mandalay, Myanmar. (Photo | AP) By Associate...

Myanmar’s junta using bodies to terrorize by   Hnin Twel Tar Aung, girlfriend of 17-year old Kyaw Min Latt, cries while holding his photo before his cremation in Dawei, Myanmar, on April 1, 2021. (Dawei Watch via AP) 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 oncoming motorbike carrying three young men. The bike swerves, crashing into a gate. More shots are fired as ...

published : 23 May 2021 at 16:52 updated: 23 May 2021 at 17:31 An elderly protester holds up the three-finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup in Launglone township, Dawei, Myanmar on Sunday. (AFP photo / Dawei Watch) Fighters opposed to Myanmars military junta seized a police station in the eastern town of Mobye on Sunday and claimed to have killed at least 13 members of the security forces and ...

One of the most promising developments following the military coup in Myanmar was the formation of a pro-democracy front to resist the coup from among the ousted democratic parties, along with representatives of civil society groups and of previously marginalized ethnic groups. It therefore came as a tragic shock that the Rohingya, the ethnic group most oppressed in Myanmar in

Myanmar 100 days: three female activists AFP 5 days ago AFP © STR A hundred days on from the military coup that ended Myanmars brief dalliance with democracy, three women tell AFP about their lives and their struggle, living between anger and hope They have given up everything and are working in the shadows to overthrow the junta. A hundred days on from the military coup that ended Myanmars brief dalliance with democracy, three women tell AFP about their lives and their str...

Man shot dead in Myanmar two days after regional deal with junta, local media reports The man was shot at a fried rice shop in Mandalay late on Monday and some other people were wounded, three Myanmar media reported Mizzima news service also said a woman had been shot dead on a motorcycle in the southern town of Dawei

More Than 110 People Abducted by Myanmar Junta This Week More Than 110 People Abducted by Myanmar Junta This Week More than 110 people, many of them student activists and youth protesters, were abducted by the junta this week. 599 By The Irrawaddy 23 April 2021 More than 110 people, many of them student activists and youth protesters, were abducted by the junta this week as it intensified its clampdown on opponents of the re-instatement of military dictatorship. Junta forces conducted arbitra...