Myanmar Regime Hunts Down Prominent Critics
Myanmar Regime Hunts Down Prominent Critics
Clockwise from top left: actor Pyay Ti Oo, actress Eaindra Kyaw Zin, actor Ye Tike, Ma Su Zarli Shein, women rights defender Daw Thin Thin Aung and monk Yaypu Sayadaw.
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By The Irrawaddy 11 April 2021
Some of Myanmar’s prominent actors, artists, activists, media personalities, doctors and Buddhist monks are among those recently detained, charged and sentenced by the military regime.
The junta issues a daily list of arrest warrants against its critics.
According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, which tracks detentions, the regime had detained more than 3,000 people by April 10 and issued arrest warrants for 656 people.
Myanmar Military Raids Kachin Churches
A Kachin Baptist Convention prayer service on Easter Sunday, April 4. / KBC
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By The Irrawaddy 6 April 2021
Myanmar’s military regime has searched churches in Mohnyin Township, Kachin State, claiming illegal activity was taking place.
Northern Command troops searched Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC), Roman Catholic Association and Anglican Association churches in Mohnyin on Saturday.
“It was not a random search. They were thorough, climbed over fences and went into every building in the compound. An officer came through the door but did not say a word and went straight to search my house,” said Rev. Awng Seng of Mohnyin KBC.
Bago Bombs Target Myanmar Military-Linked Sites
The Mytel office in Bago. / CJ.
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Bago Bombs were reportedly used against military-linked sites in Bago on Sunday.
There were attacks on the office of Mytel, a telecoms operator owned by Myanmar’s military, and on security forces at Shwemadaw Pagoda’s southern gate on Sunday.
The attacks were carried out by unidentified bike riders, according to Bago residents. “They attacked the Mytel office and sentries near the pagoda’s gate. But there was no explosion at the Mytel office,” said a Bago resident.
An employee at the Mytel office told The Irrawaddy that two bike riders attacked the office with a homemade bomb but it did not ignite. The military’s mouthpiece Myawady TV, however, reported on Sunday that the Mytel office was attacked with a bomb and windows were broken.
Myanmar Protesters and Interviewees Remain in Detention After Speaking to CNN
Myanmar Protesters and Interviewees Remain in Detention After Speaking to CNN
Three females detained after interviews with CNN s reporter at Mingaladon Market. From left Ma Nay Zar Chi Shine, Ma Yin Thet Tin and Ma Phoo Mon Kyaw.
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By The Irrawaddy 4 April 2021
At least nine civilians and anti-regime protesters in Yangon who spoke to CNN on Friday remain in detention, although the junta told the US broadcaster that they had been released.
CNN reported on Saturday that Myanmar’s military authorities said they had been released but at least four women and a man remain in the Shwepyithar interrogation center, according to sources.