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A key aide to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been arrested, days after a coup that has sparked outrage and calls by US President Joe Biden for the generals to relinquish power.

Myanmar: Yangon’s Dagon university protests as military widens coup dragnet AFP University teachers hold signs with red ribbons calling for civil disobedience during a protest against the military coup at Dagon University in Yangon on February 5, 2021. STR / AFP Some teachers, students from the Yangon’s Dagon University and employees from several government ministries in Naypyidaw wore red ribbons and flashed the democracy symbol in solidarity with the protesters. Several hundred teache...

The Straits Times Myanmars Aung San Suu Kyi in good health under house arrest: NLD An NLD press officer said Ms Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health under house arrest, on Feb 5, 2021.PHOTO: AFP UpdatedFeb 5, 2021, 10:41 pm PublishedFeb 5, 2021, 9:42 pm SGT https://str.sg/JrMa They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unli...

Myanmar junta blocks internet access as protests widen over coup Since the coup, social media platforms have been major sources of independent news as well as organising tools for protests. By Press Association Saturday 6 Feb 2021, 10:15 AM Feb 5th 2021, 10:01 PM 19,195 Views 12 Comments Riot police block the road to prevent protesters from ma...

Protesters in Yangon raise their phones in demonstration against the military coup in Myanmar, February 4, 2021. © 2021 Photo by Aung Kyaw Htet / SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images Myanmar’s military junta should immediately lift internet restrictions, release all persons detained since the February 1, 2021 coup, and end harassment and threatened arrests of journalists, Human Rights Watch said today. Journalists in Myanmar have reported credible threats of a...

The U.N.’s top body condemned the military’s seizure of power without explicitly calling it a “coup.”

Twitter Restricted In Myanmar As Outrage Over Military Coup Grows Twitter Restricted In Myanmar As Outrage Over Military Coup Grows De facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained Monday and ousted from power, returning the country to military rule after a 10-year dalliance with democracy. The Myanmar Military has imposed a state of emergency for a year. Yangon, Myanmar: Myanmar lost access to Twitter on Friday night, the latest move to stifle dissent as the military widened an internet ban ...

Myanmar coup: Teachers join growing protests against military BBC 5th February, 2021 07:38:59 A civil disobedience movement in Myanmar is gaining momentum with teachers and students protesting against Mondays military coup. Demonstrators at a university in the biggest city, Yangon, chanted support for jailed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and wore red ribbons, her partys colour. Ms Suu Kyi and other leaders have been held since the militarys coup. Earlier, the military detained another senior leader f...

Japanese beer giant Kirin quits joint venture in Myanmar as thousands protest military coup Kirin said it would abandon its controversial multi-million dollar tie-up with military-linked breweries as a direct result of the coup 6 February 2021 • 5:15am People bang utensils to make noise in a market as part of a campaign of civil disobedience on February 05, 2021 in Yangon Credit: Stringer/ Getty Images AsiaPac Thousands of people took to the streets of Yangon on Saturday to denounce this wee...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Win Htein, one of the leaders of National League for Democracy party, arrives to attend opening ceremony of 21st Century Panglong conference in Naypyitaw, Myanmar May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (Reuters) - Another leading figure in Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party, Win Htein, told Reuters on Friday that he had been arrested in the aftermath of this week’s coup even as the U.N. Security Council called for detainees to be freed...