Myanmar's civilian leaders have been charged with breaking COVID-19 rules and...
Summary List PlacementPolice in Myanmar filed charges against the country's civilian leaders with minor infractions that carry years-long sentences, another phase in its ongoing coup.On Wednesday, Aung...
View ArticleThe Myanmar military blocked Facebook for the sake of 'stability' after...
Summary List PlacementThe military junta that seized control of Myanmar in a coup has said it is blocking Facebook to ensure "stability," after activists began using it to mobilize.Myanmar's military,...
View ArticleMyanmar's internet shut down as protesters flooded the streets. The...
Summary List PlacementAs protesters on Saturday flooded Myanmar's streets, calling for an end to the military coup, the country's internet access was almost entirely shut down."The regime has cut off...
View ArticleProtesters in Myanmar are using the three-finger salute from 'The Hunger...
Summary List PlacementProtesters across Myanmar opposing the military junta that recently seized control of the country have adopted the three-finger salute from "The Hunger Games."Myanmar military...
View ArticleBiden announces sanctions targeting Myanmar military leaders to urge them to...
Summary List PlacementPresident Joe Biden ordered sanctions against Myanmar's military leaders after a coup earlier this month and called on them to release detained officials, including President Win...
View ArticleFacebook is censoring messaging from the Myanmar military for spreading...
Summary List PlacementOn February 1, on the brink of a newly elected government being sworn in, the Myanmar military announced a coup.The basis of the coup, it said, were claims of widespread election...
View ArticleActivists call on Google to crack down on Myanmar coup leaders using services...
Summary List PlacementFreedom-of-information activists say the coup leaders who have seized power in Myanmar are using Gmail and the Google-owned Blogger platform to spread propaganda, and that Google...
View ArticleA 20-year-old woman has died after being shot in the head at Myanmar's...
Summary List PlacementA 20-year-old woman shot in the head during protests against Myanmar's military earlier this month has died, becoming the first known casualty of the unrest over the coup.Mya...
View ArticleTop progressive Democrat warns Biden against a 'Cold War' with China and...
Summary List PlacementDemocratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California emerged as one of the most prominent and progressive voices in Congress on foreign affairs during the Trump era, a role he's poised to...
View ArticleGoogle has pulled down a propaganda blog backing the military coup in Myanmar...
Summary List PlacementGoogle has pulled down a propaganda blog supporting the military coup in Myanmar after the blog was discovered by an online activist this week. The blog was managed and hosted via...
View ArticleFacebook removed the main page of Myanmar military as protests continue...
Summary List PlacementFacebook deleted the main page of the Myanmar military on Sunday for violating the platform's standards that prohibit the incitement of violence, Reuters reported. Insider has...
View ArticleFacebook has banned Myanmar's military from its platform following coup
Summary List PlacementFacebook on Wednesday announced that they would be banning Myanmar's military from its platforms, including Instagram, following a coup d'etat in the country in early February....
View ArticleMyanmar's UN ambassador implores world to take action to end military coup...
Summary List PlacementMyanmar's UN Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, speaking for the country's elected civilian government ousted in a military coup on February 1, appealed to the UN on Friday "to use any...
View Article13 members of the pro-Trump House Freedom Caucus refused to condemn Myanmar's...
Summary List PlacementOn Friday, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution that censured the military coup in Myanmar by a 398-14 vote. Over a dozen Republicans, most of them...
View ArticleMyanmar's ambassador to the UK — who didn't support the military coup — was...
Summary List PlacementMyanmar's ambassador to the UK, who did not support the military coup in the country, said he was locked out of the embassy on Wednesday night.Sources told Reuters that his deputy...
View ArticleMass killing in Myanmar has 'clear echoes of Syria,' UN human rights...
Summary List PlacementMyanmar is on the verge of a "full-blown conflict," a top United Nations official warned Tuesday, urging the world community not to repeat the passive observation that allowed the...
View ArticleObama urges the world to keep paying attention to Myanmar and the...
Summary List PlacementFormer President Barack Obama on Monday released a statement urging the world to keep an eye on the ongoing crisis in Myanmar."The world's attention must remain on Myanmar, where...
View ArticleFormer Trump advisor Michael Flynn said the US should have a coup like...
Summary List PlacementMichael Flynn, who served as President Donald Trump's national security adviser, told a crowd at a QAnon conference in Dallas, Texas, this weekend that the US should have a coup...
View ArticleMichael Flynn denies suggesting a Myanmar-style military coup should happen...
Summary List PlacementFormer national security advisor Michael Flynn, who worked briefly under former President Donald Trump, said Monday that there was "NO reason" for a military coup in the United...
View ArticleRep. Liz Cheney rebukes former Trump advisor Michael Flynn for suggesting a...
Summary List PlacementRep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming rebuked Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, for appearing to endorse a coup in the US similar to the one in...
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