Myanmar Coup Protests

• Myanmar coup’s escalating violence raises pressure for more sanctions

  The U.N. special envoy on Friday urged the Security Council to act to quell junta violence that this week killed about 50 demonstrators and injured scores more.

  World

  Mar 7, 2021
  
• Myanmar coup: U.S. demands junta release detained journalists, protesters

  The U.S. has already imposed sanctions on Myanmar's top military leaders since the Feb. 1 coup.

  Politics

  Mar 5, 2021
  
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• Nearly 500 arrested in Myanmar to date as anti-coup protests paralyze government

  Despite junta appeals for civil servants to return to work and threats of actions if they do not, there has been no sign of the strikes easing.

  World

  Feb 18, 2021
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• UN warns of violent crackdown as Myanmar’s anti-coup protests swell by thousands

  The military seized power on Feb. 1, the day newly elected parliamentarians were supposed to take their seats.

  World

  Feb 17, 2021