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Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright 188 By Moe Zaw Oo 21 April 2021 On the seventh anniversary of the death of Myanmar’s prominent democracy activist and journalist U Win Tin, The Irrawaddy revisits an article about him by the current deputy foreign minister of Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG), U Moe Zaw Oo, who originally wrote under the penname of Kay Latt in 2007. Like the English poet William Blake, who wrote the immortal line “Tiger, tiger, burning bright,” Burma’s long-serving political prisoner, writer and journalist Win Tin used the image of the proud jungle predat...

Myanmar sees 'blue shirt' protests; junta outlaws unity govt This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch on April 20, 2021 shows protesters holding signs as they march in a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. Photo courtesy: AFP Reuters Reuters Myanmar anti-coup activists launched protests on Wednesday calling for the release of prisoners detained by the junta, as the military government declared a National Unity Government formed by its opponents was illegal. The Southeast Asian country has been in crisis since the military s...

‘Nearly 250,000 people displaced’ in Myanmar military crackdown Al Jazeera English © Protesters defend themselves from the troops in Kale, Sagaing region, Myanmar, on March 28, 2021 [Fi... Protesters defend themselves from the troops in Kale, Sagaing region, Myanmar, on March 28, 2021 [File: Reuters] The Myanmar military’s crackdown on anti-coup protests has displaced close to a quarter of a million people, a United Nations rights envoy said, as activists in the Southeast Asian nation staged demonstrations calling for the release of all those arrested since the Februa...

Myanmar activists protest as report says junta chief to attend summit 4 published : 21 Apr 2021 at 15:02 4 Protesters hold signs as they march in a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei on Tuesday. (AFP PHOTO / DAWEI WATCH) Myanmar anti-coup activists launched protests on Wednesday calling for the release of detained prisoners, as Nikkei Asia reported that junta chief General Min Aung Hlaing would attend a regional summit to discuss the crisis in the country. Spokesman Zaw Min Tun said the military commander would attend the lea...

The Myanmar military’s crackdown on anti-coup protests has displaced close to a quarter of a million people, a United Nations rights envoy said, as activists in the Southeast Asian nation staged demonstrations calling for the release of all those arrested since the February 1 coup. Tom Andrews, the UN special rapporteur for Myanmar, again appealed for international action on Wednesday, saying he was “horrified” to learn from his sources that “the junta’s attacks have already left nearly a quarter million Myanmar people displaced”. “The world must act immediately to address this ...