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A key aide to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been arrested, days after a coup that has sparked outrage and calls by US President Joe Biden for the generals to relinquish power.
Myanmar: Yangon’s Dagon university protests as military widens coup dragnet AFP University teachers hold signs with red ribbons calling for civil disobedience during a protest against the military coup at Dagon University in Yangon on February 5, 2021. STR / AFP Some teachers, students from the Yangon’s Dagon University and employees from several government ministries in Naypyidaw wore red ribbons and flashed the democracy symbol in solidarity with the protesters. Several hundred teachers and students protested at a Myanmar university Friday as the military widened a dragnet against o...
The Straits Times Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi in good health under house arrest: NLD An NLD press officer said Ms Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health under house arrest, on Feb 5, 2021.PHOTO: AFP UpdatedFeb 5, 2021, 10:41 pm PublishedFeb 5, 2021, 9:42 pm SGT https://str.sg/JrMa They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months.
Myanmar junta blocks internet access as protests widen over coup Since the coup, social media platforms have been major sources of independent news as well as organising tools for protests. By Press Association Saturday 6 Feb 2021, 10:15 AM Feb 5th 2021, 10:01 PM 19,195 Views 12 Comments Riot police block the road to prevent protesters from marching forward in capital Yangon Riot police block the road to prevent protesters from marching forw...
Protesters in Yangon raise their phones in demonstration against the military coup in Myanmar, February 4, 2021. © 2021 Photo by Aung Kyaw Htet / SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images Myanmar’s military junta should immediately lift internet restrictions, release all persons detained since the February 1, 2021 coup, and end harassment and threatened arrests of journalists, Human Rights Watch said today. Journalists in Myanmar have reported credible threats of an imminent, broader-sweeping crackdown on media workers, and several have told Human Rights Watch th...