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Two killed, several injured in Myanmar explosions

At least two people were killed and several injured after multiple explosions hit several places in Myanmar, including Yangon, Bago, and Myitkyina, local media reported on Tuesday, said CGTN News.

Dynamite News

‘We’ll keep reporting, whatever the risk from the junta,’ say Myanmar’s journalists

To avoid arrest, the staff of the 74 Media left their home city, only to face shellfire in their border refuge. The editor describes the risks faced by his media outlet

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar Marks Coup Anniversary with Protests and Unrest

Streets in some of Myanmar's main cities were nearly deserted on Tuesday as opponents of military rule held "silent strikes", marking the first anniversary of a coup that led to deadly chaos and snuffed out tentative steps towards democracy. The United States, Britain and Canada imposed new sanctions on the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Myanmar shadow government drops objections to ICJ's Rohingya genocide case

Myanmar's shadow government, set up after last year's military coup, said it accepts the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hear allegations that the country committed genocide against its Rohingya minority.

Reuters

Myanmar coup: A year on, exiles speak of guilt and defiance

Myanmar activists and journalists now living abroad say their job is to tell the world of what is happening at home.

Al Jazeera

Serious crimes will be punished

One year ago, the elected government of Myanmar was deposed by military authorities.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar's deadly spiral: One year after coup, can civil war be avoided?

Is there no stopping all-out civil war in Myanmar? On the first anniversary of the coup that ended power sharing between Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy and a military whose candidates had just been trounced in a general election, a silent strike took place to protest the…

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Teachers on the run: striking public sector workers hunted by Myanmar’s military

Protests against the coup mean hospitals and schools are on the brink of collapse, while workers have left their homes to avoid arrest and interrogation

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar coup anniversary: Government in exile urges France to act against junta

One year ago, the military seized power in Myanmar by force. The country has since descended into civil war fraught with human rights violations, but the international community has resisted imposing measures against the military regime. Members of Myanmar's exile government spoke in Paris on January 31 about the role…

France 24

Explainer-Stalemate in Myanmar as post-coup crisis drags on

Myanmar's military has struggled to consolidate power in the year since it took back control of the country by force and embarked on a sweeping crackdown against opponents to its rule.

Reuters

Daily Dose Ep 959: Budget 2022, Amazon to close Westland publications

Supriti David brings you the news from Delhi, Maharashtra, Maldives and Myanmar.

Newslaundry

Myanmar’s coup: a year under military rule in numbers

With more than 1,400 civilians dead, thousands displaced and an economy on the brink of collapse, Myanmar is in crisis

The Guardian - UK

Silent strike empties streets in Myanmar on anniversary of coup

Shops abandoned as public defies military threats and stays at home a year after ousting of government

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar death toll exceeds 1,500 with nearly 8,800 in custody - UN

At least 1,500 people are known to have been killed in year-long protests against the coup in Myanmar, with thousands more possibly killed in the armed conflict, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday.

Reuters

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The Hindu

Union Budget 2022 gives MEA funds for Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

It will also dedicate ₹600 cr. for Myanmar, which is currently reeling under civil war since military coup of Feb. 2021

Reuters

Drug trafficking surging in year since Myanmar coup

Increased instability in Myanmar since a military coup a year ago has seen a surge in narcotics production there and trafficking into Southeast Asia and beyond, a senior official from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) told Reuters.

Bangkok Post

UN rights expert calls for cutting off Myanmar junta after crimes

GENEVA: The UN human rights expert on Myanmar said on Tuesday that Myanmar's ruling junta had murdered and tortured civilians while waging a "campaign of terror" in the year since taking power and he called for tightening sanctions against it.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar coup: Military repeats election promise, people strike

A year since seizing power Senior General Min Aung Hlaing repeats promises of an election when state of emergency ends.

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France 24

‘Leave or die’: Myanmar refugees recount how they fled the junta

One year after Myanmar’s military coup, the country has been plunged into civil war. Facing escalating violence and an uncertain future, tens of thousands of people have fled their homes since the February 1 coup. FRANCE 24 spoke to refugees trying to rebuild their lives abroad, from Thailand to France.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Myanmar Shuts Shop to Defy Junta on Coup Anniversary

Streets emptied and shops shuttered across Myanmar on Tuesday as people defied junta orders to go about their business with a silent strike on the first anniversary of the military coup. The junta that ended the Southeast Asian country's brief democratic interlude and toppled civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi…

The Independent UK

Myanmar takeover anniversary marked by strike, int'l concern

Opponents of military rule in Myanmar are marking the one-year anniversary of the army’s seizure of power with a nationwide strike to show their strength and solidarity amid concern about what has become an increasingly violent contention for power

ABC News

Myanmar coup anniversary leads to sanctions against top junta officials, but not from Australia

To mark a year since the government of Aung San Suu Kyi was overthrown by Myanmar's military, several of Australia's closest allies have imposed sanctions on several top junta officials – including its attorney-general and other senior judicial officers.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar activists vow to defy junta with strike on coup anniversary

Myanmar's military rulers have threatened to jail anti-coup protesters who take part in a "silent strike" on Tuesday, a year since the generals seized power, as the United States, Britain and Canada imposed new sanctions.

France 24

Activists stage ‘silent strike’ as Myanmar marks coup anniversary under fresh sanctions

Myanmar’s junta marked one year in power on Tuesday despite fresh foreign sanctions as demonstrators promised to rally against the army and its bloody crackdown.

The Independent UK

UN envoy: Year of violence has hardened positions in Myanmar

The new U.N. special envoy for Myanmar says violence has intensified since the military took power a year ago and sparked a resistance movement in the country

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