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This screengrab from AFPTV video footage taken on May 11, 2021 shows protesters taking part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, as the country marks 100 days of military rule. - AFP YANGON: Thousands of people in Myanmar turned out to protest against the military coup on Tuesday, marking the 100th day of demonstrations despite the violent crackdown by security forces. "The country is dying under the control of Min Aung Hlaing, who never thinks about our people," protester Kyaw Thet in Yangon told dpa. At the demonstrations, protesters chanted and called for...

Myanmar's anti-junta unity government forms 'defence force' Reuters | May 05, 2021 11:56 PM EDT A protester flashes a three-finger salute during a march to protest against Myanmar military coup, in Taipei, Taiwan, (Photo : REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo) Myanmar's National Unity Government (NUG), set up by opponents of army rule, said on Wednesday it had formed a "people's defence force" to protect its supporters from military attacks and violence instigated by the junta. Since the military seized power and ousted an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, Myanmar ha...

Myanmar's anti-junta unity government forms 'defence force' 05/05/2021 16:34 (Reuters) -Myanmar's National Unity Government (NUG), set up by opponents of army rule, said on Wednesday it had formed a "people's defence force" to protect its supporters from military attacks and violence instigated by the junta. Since the military seized power and ousted an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, Myanmar has seen daily protests and a surge of violence with security forces killing hundreds of civilians. The NUG said the new force was a precursor to a Federal Union Army...

RFA On World Press Freedom Day Monday, 16 western countries and the European Union called on Myanmar’s military junta to immediately release scores of media personnel arrested since the Feb. 1 coup that ousted the country’s democratically elected government. One of the junta’s first steps after seizing control of Naypyidaw was to gain control of the airwaves, the internet and print. It blocked all but the most military-friendly channels from satellite broadcasts, revoked the licenses of several media outlets, shut off internet and mobile phone services, and intimidated, as...

Seven dead as Myanmar rallies try to ‘shake the world’ Reuters Security forces in Myanmar yesterday opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days, killing seven people, media reported, three months after a coup plunged the country into crisis. The protests, after a spell of dwindling crowds and what appeared to be more restraint by the security forces, were coordinated with demonstrations in Burmese communities around the world to mark what organizers called “the global Myanmar spring revolution.” “Shake the world with the voice of Myanmar people’s unit...