YANGON, Myanmar Myanmar’s ruling military squared off against its opponents in the courts, the streets and the countryside Monday in its crackdown against those opposed to February s coup.
An anti-coup protester flashes the three-fingered salute while wearing a headband that reads R2P, which means Responsibility to Protect, during a gathering in Ahlone township in Yangon, Myanmar on April 12. (AP Photo)
YANGON Myanmar’s ruling military squared off against its opponents in the courts, the streets and the countryside Monday, showing no sign of relenting in its crackdown against those opposed to February’s coup.
Aung San Suu Kyi, who led the elected government toppled in the military takeover, was accused of a fresh criminal charge when she appeared by video link before a judge in the capital Naypyitaw on Monday, according to her lawyers.
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Officially PM Narendra Modi was in Bangladesh on March 26 to commemorate the 50th declaration of their independence. Yet the elephant in the room was the anniversary of a genocide that pushed India into its worst refugee crisis and later into a war. Coincidentally, 500 miles from where the PM was, a similar crisis has been unfolding with Myanmar’s military Junta having so far killed at least 500 civilians.
Yet, a day later, Colonel Ketan Mohite, India’s defence attaché, took part in Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day Celebrations in Naypyidaw, the same day the Army killed 100 protestors. Can you imagine Indira Gandhi sending an official to shake hands with Yahya Khan in 1971?
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Myanmar s ruling junta issues fresh charges for Suu Kyi
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Apr 12, 2021 at 10:58 am EDT
Anti-coup protesters hold signs that refer to R2P, which means Responsibility to Protect, during a gathering in Ahlone township in Yangon, Myanmar Monday, April 12, 2021. The protesters have called for foreign intervention to aid them under the doctrine of Responsibility to Protect, or R2P, devised to deal with matters such as genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. (AP Photo)
YANGON, Myanmar Myanmar’s ruling military squared off against its opponents in the courts, the streets and the countryside Monday, showing no sign of relenting in its crackdown against those opposed to February’s coup.