Sunday, 09 May 2021 10:38 PM MYT
Khat Thi was at least the third poet to die during protests since the Feb. 1 coup. Reuters pic
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YANGON, May 9 Myanmar poet Khat Thi, whose works declare resistance to the ruling junta, died in detention overnight and his body was returned with the organs removed, his family said today.
A spokesman for the junta did not answer calls to request comment on the death of Khat Thi, who had penned the line “They shoot in the head, but they don’t know the revolution is in the heart.” Myanmar Now news service said he was 44.
May 13, 2021
Anti-coup protesters from various township hold slogans that reads “Yangon boycott rally to clear all threats here in Yangon” during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar on Tuesday May 11, 2021.
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Almost as soon as news spread of the Myanmar military’s brazen coup on February 1, we began hearing calls for a “reversal” of the coup. Now, the international community’s efforts have focused on restoring the pre-coup status quo, as evidenced by the recent (and failed) ASEAN emergency summit.
These proposals and initiatives ignore the persistent demands from protestors and ethnic groups for a radical and fundamental shift in Myanmar. Perhaps most importantly, they fail to acknowledge that the rapidly deteriorating situation in Myanmar cannot be resolved with a return to the precarious pre-coup balance of power because it’s precisely this unsustainable framework that led to the coup in the first place.
Wednesday, 05 May 2021 12:59 PM MYT
There have been daily protests and a surge of violence since the coup with security forces killing more than 760 civilians, according to a tally by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) rights monitoring group. Reuters pic
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YANGON, May 5 Five people killed in an explosion in Myanmar this week, including an ousted lawmaker, had been building a bomb, media controlled by the military junta said today.
Since the military seized power and ousted an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, Myanmar has seen an increasing number of small blasts in cities and towns, some targeting government offices and military facilities.
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