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The U.N.’s top body condemned the military’s seizure of power without explicitly calling it a “coup.”

Twitter Restricted In Myanmar As Outrage Over Military Coup Grows Twitter Restricted In Myanmar As Outrage Over Military Coup Grows De facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained Monday and ousted from power, returning the country to military rule after a 10-year dalliance with democracy. The Myanmar Military has imposed a state of emergency for a year. Yangon, Myanmar: Myanmar lost access to Twitter on Friday night, the latest move to stifle dissent as the military widened an internet ban days after a coup that has drawn global condemnation and the threat of new sanctions.  De facto lea...

Myanmar coup: Teachers join growing protests against military BBC 5th February, 2021 07:38:59 A civil disobedience movement in Myanmar is gaining momentum with teachers and students protesting against Monday's military coup. Demonstrators at a university in the biggest city, Yangon, chanted support for jailed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and wore red ribbons, her party's colour. Ms Suu Kyi and other leaders have been held since the military's coup. Earlier, the military detained another senior leader from her National League for Democracy (NLD) party. Although Ms Suu Kyi has not been seen in publi...

Japanese beer giant Kirin quits joint venture in Myanmar as thousands protest military coup Kirin said it would abandon its controversial multi-million dollar tie-up with military-linked breweries as a direct result of the coup 6 February 2021 • 5:15am People bang utensils to make noise in a market as part of a campaign of civil disobedience on February 05, 2021 in Yangon Credit: Stringer/ Getty Images AsiaPac Thousands of people took to the streets of Yangon on Saturday to denounce this week's coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in the first such demonstration ...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Win Htein, one of the leaders of National League for Democracy party, arrives to attend opening ceremony of 21st Century Panglong conference in Naypyitaw, Myanmar May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (Reuters) - Another leading figure in Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party, Win Htein, told Reuters on Friday that he had been arrested in the aftermath of this week’s coup even as the U.N. Security Council called for detainees to be freed. Win Htein, 79, a stalwart of Suu Kyi and a long time political prisoner during decades campaigning...