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Ousted Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Goes on Trial in Naypyidaw

Human Rights Watch calls the trial a move by Myanmar's military to remove any chance of future opposition to its rule.

Buddhist monk Kaythara participates in a peaceful protest against Myanmar's military junta in Yangon in an undated photo.

Buddhist Monk Takes up Arms Against The Myanmar Junta

2021-06-14

Monk Kaythara goes from preaching not to kill to learning how to kill.

Zaw Htun lies in state during a funeral ceremony, in an undated photo.

Myanmar Dissident Deaths in Custody, Unapproved Autopsies Prompt Calls For Probe

2021-06-11

Families and experts call the cases ‘unacceptable’ and say they are meant to intimidate the public.

Villagers rest in makeshift tents after who fleeing fighting in Chin state's Thantlang township, June 11, 2021.

Nearly 30 Junta Troops Killed in Myanmar’s Chin State as Rights Czar Calls For End to Violence

2021-06-11

The country’s least developed state is dealing with a refugee crisis as well as a COVID-19 outbreak.

Anti-junta protesters burn the flag of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Mandalay, Myanmar, June 5, 2021.

UN Urges ASEAN to Intensify Diplomacy on Myanmar

2021-06-11

Seven weeks after emergency summit, Southeast Asian bloc has not yet named a special envoy to Myanmar.

In this handout photo provided by the Myanmar Ministry of Information, military and locals stand beside the wreckage of a Myanmar Air Force Beechcraft 1900 that crashed in Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay, June 10, 2021.

A Dozen Dead in Myanmar Military Plane Crash, Including Prominent Senior Monk

2021-06-10

A Buddhist group has called on the junta to release nearly 20 activist monks.

Major General Tun Myat Naing (R), commander-in-chief of the Arakan Army, and Nyo Tun Aung (L), the AA's second-in-command, arrive for a dinner commemorating the 30th anniversary of peace-building efforts in Pangkham, capital of Wa self-administered region, in Myanmar's eastern Shan state, April 16, 2019.

Myanmar Junta Drops Terrorism Charges and Releases 10 Ethnic Rakhine Figures

2021-06-10

The released detainees include siblings of Arakan Army (AA) Commander-in-Chief Maj. Gen. Tun Myat Naing.

A family takes refuge in a jungle area in Demoso, Kayah state, after fleeing from fighting between the Myanmar military and members of the People's Defence Force (PDF), June 3, 2021.

Nearly 230,000 Displaced in Fighting Between Junta and Militias, Ethnic Armies Since Myanmar Coup

2021-06-09

The country’s refugee crisis is out of control and getting worse, observers say.

Zin Mar Aung, foreign minister of Myanmar's shadow government, poses with US First Lady Michelle Obama (L) and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pose with r as she received the 2012 International Women of Courage Award during a ceremony at the US State Department in Washington, DC, March 8, 2012.

Interview: NUG Urges China to 'Understand the True Situation' of Myanmar

2021-06-09

'Though the entire world can hear the voices of our people, our neighboring countries pretend not to hear them,' says shadow foreign minister Zin Mar Aung.

n this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Dialogue Relations attended by foreign ministers from ASEAN countries, in Chongqing, southwestern China, Monday, June 7, 2021.

Myanmar Shadow Government Distrustful of Chinese-ASEAN Approach to Crisis

2021-06-09

NUG’s foreign minister says restoring status quo ‘would not bring about true democracy.’

Refugees from fighting between Myanmar's military and Chinland Defense Force gather in a remote area of the western state which borders India and Bangladesh.

More Than 10,000 Displaced by Renewed Fighting in Myanmar’s Battle-Ravaged Chin State

2021-06-08

Fighting led to additional casualties Tuesday, as refugees remain desperate for food and supplies.

Onlookers flash a three-finger salute of defience against Myanmar's military as a vehicle transports the coffin of teenager Htoo Myat Win, who was shot dead by soldiers, in Shwebo, northwestern Myanmar's Sagaing region, Mach 2021.

Myanmar Military’s Killings of Children Are ‘Serious Crimes,’ Says Opposition NUG Minister

2021-06-08

Aung Myo Min, human rights minister in the parallel government, says at least 73 children have died since the Feb. 1 coup.

A PDF member fires at government troops during an operation to capture the Moebye Police Station in southern Shan state’s Phekone township, May 23, 2021.

Thousands More Flee Clashes Between Myanmar Militias and Military, Ethnic Armies in June

2021-06-07

Fresh fighting in the country’s remote regions is exacerbating an already dire refugee situation.

Tin Htut Paing and his mother Nge Pon, in an undated photo.

Myanmar Security Forces Arresting Relatives of Anti-Coup Activists They Can’t Nab in Raids

2021-06-07

Legal experts say such tactics are in violation of domestic and international human rights laws.

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