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U.S. imposes targeted sanctions on Myanmar military elites U.S. President Joe Biden called for the coup to be reversed, and the release of civilian leaders including Myanmars political icon, Aung San Suu Kyi. The sanctions put in place by the U.S. specifically target military leaders who directed the coup, their business interests and close family members, as well as officials connected with the military (Tatmadaw), according to The sanctions are not comprehensive countrywide sanctions nor do ...

Hkun Lat/Getty Images Protests continued in Myanmar on Sunday for the second week in a row after the country’s military seized power in a coup and placed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest. The protests are the largest in more than a decade, according to Reuters, with hundreds of thousands of people turning out on Sunday despite the risk of a police crackdown on protesters. And they continue despite a move by the country’s new military government on Saturday to suspend...

617-495-7825 ​The February 1st coup launched by Myanmars military effectively put an end to the countrys tentative transition to democracy as civilian political leaders were imprisoned and the results of the 2020 elections annulled. Joining us to discuss these recent events in Myanmar and what they portend for the countrys future are Pwint Htun, Non-Residential Myanmar Program Fellow at the Ash Center and Derek Mitchell, president of the National Democratic Institute a...

Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for tougher international action against the new junta on Friday after Washington announced a first round of sanctions following six days of pro-democracy demonstrations.

(Recasts with protests) * Fresh demonstrations erupt across Myanmar * Facebook restricts content run by Myanmar military * Junta orders release of tho...

The United Nations human-rights office said more than 350 people have been arrested in Myanmar since the Feb. 1 military coup, including some who face criminal charges on ‘dubious grounds’

Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi clashed with police on Friday as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations in defiance of the military junta's call to halt mass gatherings.

YANGON, Feb 12 — Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi defied the junta’s call to halt mass gatherings today as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide demonstrations, with many urging Washington to toughen sanctions imposed on the ruling generals. Security forces carried out...

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/myanmar-police-fire-rubber/"></div>(Reuters) – Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi clashed with police on Friday as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations in defiance of the military junta’s call to halt mass gatherings. The United Nations human rights office said more than 350 people, including officials, activists and monks, have been...

BANGKOK - A close aide to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained in a new wave of arrests following last week’s military coup, a party official said on Thursday (Feb 11), as Washington moved a step closer to imposing sanctions on the junta. The aide, Kyaw Tint Swe, had served as minister for the office of the...