Myanmar junta arrests prominent celebrity over protest support 1 minute read
Bangkok, Apr 8 (efe-epa).- Myanmar’s ruling junta arrested the model and actor Paing Takhon on Thursday, accused of inciting violence by showing public support for the protests against February’s military coup.
The popular 24-year-old model was arrested early in the morning at his home in Yangon by security forces, his manager Yee Mon Kyaw said.
“He was very ill at this time so we could not transfer him to another place for his safety. Please talk about him and pray for his safety,” the agent said on Facebook.
Myanmar protests junta with shoes, as celebrity is arrested over support 2 minutes read
Update 1: Adds shoe protest, changes headline
Bangkok, Apr 8 (efe-epa).- Rows of shoes adorned with flower bouquets served Thursday to remember the almost 600 dead at the hands of Myanmar’s security forces during demonstrations against the military junta.
“We will never stop walking. The coup must fail,” is one of the messages that accompany the photographs published on social media.
The procession of footwear is the latest idea hatched by the civil disobedience movement to challenge the military, which took power Feb. 1, and avoid the violent response of authorities, who have fired live rounds at unarmed protesters.
Myanmar's military junta has declared a month-long unilateral ceasefire with ethnic armed groups as at least 20 soldiers were killed in a clash with the Kachin Independence Army and a UN envoy warned . Myanmar junta declares ceasefire with ethnic armed groups | Main | English edition | Agencia EFE
Myanmar junta declares ceasefire with ethnic armed groups 2 minutes read
Bangkok Desk, Apr 1 (efe-epa).- Myanmar’s military junta has declared a month-long unilateral ceasefire with ethnic armed groups as at least 20 soldiers were killed in a clash with the Kachin Independence Army and a UN envoy warned of the possibility of “civil war at an unprecedented scale.”
The military’s announcement Wednesday night did not indicate any intention to stop violence against civilians, with over 530 killed since the Feb. 1 coup, according to the Association for the Assistance of Political Prisoners.
“They are still killing and torturing the unarmed people,” AAPP joint secretary Ko Bo Kyi said Thursday on Twitter.
Myanmar's military junta has declared a month-long unilateral ceasefire with ethnic armed groups as at least 20 soldiers were killed in a clash with the Kachin Independence Army and a UN envoy warned . Myanmar junta declares ceasefire with ethnic armed groups | World | English edition | Agencia EFE