Myanmar Coup

Myanmar's junta freed hundreds of demonstrators arrested during its brutal crackdown on protests on Wednesday, while the deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi's hearing was postponed. The ousted leader was due to appear for another court…

Protesters honked car horns in Myanmar on Monday and planted posters in an empty square to avoid arrest, injury or death as the European Union prepared to impose sanctions on 11 people linked to last month's coup and subsequent crackdown.…

International pressure has grown on Myanmar’s military junta to halt its repression of democracy supporters, with Asian neighbours who have for years avoided criticising each other, joining Western countries in condemning the use of lethal…

Ousted Myanmar lawmakers explored whether the International Criminal Court can investigate crimes against humanity since a Feb. 1 coup after security forces shot dead at least one opponent of military rule on Friday. Military and police…

Myanmar’s most powerful Buddhist monks’ association called on the junta to end violence against protesters accusing an “armed minority” of torture and killing innocent civilians since last month’s coup, media said on Wednesday. In its most…

Security forces killed at least 14 protesters in the Hlaingthaya suburb of Myanmar's main city on Sunday after Chinese-financed factories in the area were set ablaze, according to local media. A further 14 people were reported killed…

The British government has urged its citizens to flee Myanmar after one of the bloodiest days since February’s coup left at least 12 people dead amid an increasingly violent crackdown by the military regime. The UK Foreign Office …

Myanmar’s biggest trade unions has begun a widespread strike in the latest attempt to pressure the country’s generals to step down after seizing power in a coup last month. At least 18 labour organisations representing industries…

Police in Myanmar on Friday opened fire on anti-coup protesters, killing one man, ahead of a United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the crisis. The violence took place as the military lost a leadership tussle of its U.N.…

Myanmar police fired on protesters on Sunday in the bloodiest day of weeks of demonstrations against a military coup and at least seven people were killed and several wounded, sources said. Myanmar has been in chaos since the army seized…