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Duwa Lashi La spoke with The Globe and Mail from an undisclosed location in Myanmar, where he has been leading the resistance to the junta that seized power in a coup in 2021

Striking garment workers demonstrated outside the offices of the International Labor Organization in Yangon, Myanmar, earlier this week demanding that global apparel brands ensure workers are not punished for participating in pro-democracy protests. Photo: Andrew Tillett-Saks, Twitter. Update: Late Friday evening, February 26 (local time), the Myanmar military declared most of the countrys labor organizations illegal on public television, with the threat of arrests if their activities continue,...

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT   Police have dramatically escalated violence against coup protesters in Myanmar as UN condemns violence One video shows a pro-democracy protester being shot dead at point-blank range by police in the street Another shows armed officers brutally beating volunteer medics after they treated protesters on Wednesday  38 protesters shot dead across Myanmar in bloodiest day since the coup as generals try to stamp out dissent Nevertheless, demonstrators returned to the stre...

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT   Police have dramatically escalated violence against coup protesters in Myanmar as UN condemns violence One video shows a pro-democracy protester being shot dead at point-blank range by police in the street Another shows armed officers brutally beating volunteer medics after they treated protesters on Wednesday  38 protesters shot dead across Myanmar in bloodiest day since the coup as generals try to stamp out dissent Nevertheless, demonstrators returned to the stre...

At least seven people were killed as Myanmar security forces fired on pro-democracy protesters Wednesday, after the junta hit half a dozen detained journalists, including an Associated Press photographer, with criminal charges

The country has been in chaos since February 1 when the military launched a coup and detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Protesters were shot dead in the cities of Mandalay, Myingyan and Monywa in central Myanmar on Wednesday as police opened fire on protesters, with more killed in Yangon and Hpakant.

Myanmar Tuesday 2 March 2021, by Kevin Lin On late Friday evening, February 26 (local time), the Myanmar military declared most of the country’s labor organizations illegal on public television, with the threat of arrests if their activities continue, adding to the urgency of international solidarity activities. On February 1, the Myanmar military staged a coup and seized power from the elected civilian government under the pretext of alleged election fraud. The coup leaders detained top gov...

General strikes and international solidarity are now offering the best hope to resist the military coup in Burma.

Striking garment workers demonstrated outside the offices of the International Labor Organization in Yangon, Myanmar, earlier this week demanding that global apparel brands ensure workers are not punished for participating in pro-democracy protests. Photo: Andrew Tillett-Saks, Twitter. Update: Late Friday evening, February 26 (local time), the Myanmar military declared most of the countrys labor organizations illegal on public television, with the threat of arrests if their activities continue,...