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Regional lawmakers alarmed at the surge in violence and arbitrary arrests in Myanmar.
On 2 March 2021, lawmakers from across Southeast Asia today urged the Myanmar military to immediately put an end to their campaign of arrests, unconditionally release all those currently detained, and refrain (...)
More than a month ago the military junta seized power in Myanmar and now blood is flowing in the streets. However, it is inspiring to see the youth and Generation Z out on the streets opposing the coup. The sudden but robust nationwide uprising is gaining momentum in spite of the crackdown (...)
YANGON—Myanmar’s protest-related death toll reached its highest point on Wednesday as soldiers and riot police loyal to the country’s military regime killed at least 28 unarmed civilians amid their crackdown on anti-junta protesters in at least four cities.
Anti-regime mass rallies have erupted (...)
Today is Union Day in Myanmar, which marks the historic Panglong Agreement in February 1947 when the principles of equality and unity were drawn up for the future union. In 2021, however, it is not a day of celebration but one of protest as peoples across the country take to the street to (...)
City residents are rejecting junta-appointed “security and rule of law teams” and instead forming parallel local government structures that answer to elected MPs.
“They are the mad dictator’s appointed servants,” a demonstrator shouted as a crowd occupied a ward administration office in Yangon’s (...)
Security forces have deployed tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to dislodge protesters from their home-made barricades, with only limited success.
Yangon is today again a battle zone, with police and soldiers attempting to disperse thousands of peaceful protesters from sites across (...)
New Politics editor’s note: Last month, grassroots Indigenous and youth-led movements helped the ecosocialist Indigenous candidate Yaku Pérez and his Pachakutik party make surprising gains in Ecuador’s election. Pérez finished in 3rd place, narrowly missing the chance to participate in a runoff (...)
On February 19, 2021 Lausan,, along with several other organizations including Solidarity,, held a webinar book launch for Au Loong-yu’s book, Hong Kong in Revolt, The Protest Movement and the Future of China (Pluto Press, 2020). The following are the author’s slightly edited introductory (...)
As the civil disobedience movement in Myanmar enters its second month, Kyaw Ye Lynn reports from the frontline in Yangon on the vital role ordinary workers and trade unions have been playing in the fight to defend their rights and restore democracy.
Moe Sandar Myint, president of the (...)
U Tin Tun Naing (top left), U Lwin Ko Latt (top right), Daw Zin Mar Aung (bottom left) and Dr. Zaw Wai Soe.
YANGON—In its latest challenge to the legitimacy of the country’s military regime, a committee representing elected Myanmar lawmakers from the overthrown ruling National League for (...)
More than 1,200 have been arrested since the Feb. 1 coup in Myanmar. Elected leaders, lawmakers, activists, protesters, striking civil servants, and journalists are among them.
More than 1,200 people, including elected leaders, lawmakers, activists, protesters, heads of election commissions (...)
Myanmar’s banking system has barely functioned since tens of thousands of private sector workers walked off the job three weeks ago in an effort to pressure the military to give up power, crippling large sections of the economy.
Each day since February 7, Ma Nwe Nwe Aye has done exactly the (...)
‘Ideas are bulletproof’: Hong Kong democrats share final words as they face security law charges
Over 30 activists and politicians arrested under the national security law shared their last words ahead of police detention.
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/03/01/ideas-are-bulletproof-hong-kong-democrats-s
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We brought you the news about the arrest of Carol Ng, chair of Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), early last month. https://mailchi.mp/hkctu.org.hk/call-for-hksar-government-to-cease-political-suppression-now On 28th February the police charged her, (...)
Yangon – At least 25 journalists have been detained during the police crackdown against the anti-regime demonstrations across Myanmar between Feb. 14 to March 1 with 10 journalists are still in detention.
They were covering anti-coup demonstrations in Yangon, Myitkyina, Monywa, Hakha, Magwe, (...)
Latest news: on Sunday 28 February, riot police and soldiers fired, often indiscriminately, on the population in many parts of the country, killing, according to the Burmese daily The Irrawady, at least 13 people and seriously injuring many others (provisional report). This is a concerted (...)
The 1 February coup by the military State Administration Council has caused protest and confusion in Myanmar and around the world. In this commentary, Kyaw Lynn puts in context the complexity of factors, personal as much as institutional, that preceded the military takeover during a difficult (...)
Students, young people, teachers, doctors and social activists are joining the forum voluntarily and campaigning for the cause.
Kolkata: Amidst a high-voltage political campaign by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and principal challenger Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), West Bengal is (...)
YANGON—“#How_Many_Dead_Bodies_UN_Need_To_Take_Action?” is what Nyi Nyi Aung Htet Naing posted on his Facebook Account Saturday night.
The popular social media call for UN intervention to stop Myanmar’s military dictatorship turned out to be his last post.
On Sunday morning, the 23-year-old (...)
Farmers in Pakistani Punjab plan to take to the streets next month, hoping to generate some of the noise that their Indian counterparts have created.
As India’s protesting farmers remain camped outside New Delhi, four months into their demonstration against the three agriculture laws passed in (...)
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