Aung San Suu Kyi - The African Mirror

Mar

2021

Myanmar security forces shoot dead 13 anti-coup protesters

MYANMAR security forces opened fire on protests against military rule yesterday, killing at least 13 people, witnesses and media reported, a day after neighbouring countries called for restraint and offered to help Myanmar resolve the crisis. The security forces resorted to live fire with little warning in several towns and cities, witnesses said, as the junta appeared more determined than ever to stamp out protests against the February 1 coup that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. "It's horrific, it's a massacre. No words can describe the situation and our feelings," youth activist Thinzar Shunlei Yi told…

Mar

2021

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Myanmar court files more charges against Suu Kyi, police crack down on protests

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MYANMAR'S ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared at a court hearing via video conferencing yesterday as supporters marched in several towns and cities in defiance of a crackdown after the bloodiest day since the February 1 military coup. Police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of protesters in the main city of Yangon on Monday, witnesses said. They later combed through side streets firing rubber bullets and at least one person was hurt, media reported. Army chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing In an evening address on state television, army chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing…

Mar

2021

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Myanmar court files another charge against Suu Kyi; protesters march again

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A Myanmar court filed another charge against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi today, a lawyer acting for her said, as protesters marched in defiance of a crackdown by security forces that killed at least 18 people the previous day. Suu Kyi looked healthy as she took part in a court hearing via video conferencing in the capital, Naypyitaw, though had perhaps lost some weight, and she asked to see her legal team, lawyer Min Min Soe told Reuters. The leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) has not been seen in public since her government was ousted in…

Feb

2021

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Woman killed in Myanmar police crack down on protests

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POLICE have cracked down in Myanmar to prevent opponents of military rule gathering and one woman was shot and killed, media reported, after the country's U.N. envoy urged the United Nations to use "any means necessary" to stop a February 1 coup. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army seized power and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and much of her party leadership, alleging fraud in a November election her party won in a landslide. Uncertainty has grown over Suu Kyi's whereabouts, as the independent Myanmar Now website on Friday quoted officials of her National League for…

Feb

2021

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Myanmar police fire into air to disperse protests as Suu Kyi’s lawyer says access denied

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POLICE dispersed protesters in Myanmar's two biggest cities yesterday, firing stun grenades, rubber bullets and guns into the air in a crackdown on weeks of demonstrations that have challenged the army's bid to re-impose its rule. At least one person was wounded in the protests in the main city of Yangon, a witness said, and several people were hurt in the second city of Mandalay. Police were not immediately available for comment. The Southeast Asian country has been in crisis since the army seized power on February 1 and detained government leader Aung San Suu Kyi and much of her…

Feb

2021

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Supporters of Myanmar military coup rampage in Yangon

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SUPPORTERS of Myanmar's military, some armed with knives and clubs, others firing catapults and throwing stones, attacked opponents of the February 1 coup yesterday, as protests against the new junta continued in the country's largest city. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army seized power and detained civilian government leader Aung San Suu Kyi and much of her party leadership after the military complained of fraud in a November election. Protests and strikes have taken place daily for about three weeks, and students had planned to come out again in the commercial hub Yangon on Thursday. But before many…

Feb

2021

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Neighbours’ efforts to help end Myanmar crisis raise suspicion among protesters

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MYANMAR’S military-appointed foreign minister flew into Thailand yesterday for talks with two of his neighbours as they intensified efforts to resolve a crisis over Myanmar's coup, despite the scepticism of its pro-democracy camp. The minister, Wunna Maung Lwin, made the first foreign trip by a member of the new military government as opponents of the February 1 coup again took to the streets in Myanmar. The army seized power after alleging fraud in a November 8 election swept by Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), detaining her and much of the party leadership. The electoral commission dismissed…

Feb

2021

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Plan to hold Myanmar junta to election pledge

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TOM ALLARD INDONESIA is pushing Southeast Asian neighbours to agree on an action plan over Myanmar's coup that would keep the junta to its promise of holding elections, with monitors to ensure they are fair and inclusive, three sources familiar with the move said. The proposal from the biggest regional nation falls short of the public demands of protesters and some Western countries for the immediate release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the recognition of the November 8 ballot her party won in a landslide. Two senior officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters a diplomatically-led…

Feb

2021

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Two killed in Myanmar city of Mandalay in another day of protests

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TWO people were killed in Myanmar's second city Mandalay yesterday when police fired to disperse protesting opponents of a February 1 military coup, emergency workers said. "Twenty people were injured and two are dead," said Ko Aung, a leader of the Parahita Darhi volunteer emergency service agency in the city. Opponents of the coup took to the streets in several Myanmar cities and towns with members of ethnic minorities, poets and transport workers among those demanding an end to military rule and the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others. Some protesters fired catapults at police in…

Feb

2021

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Myanmar coup protesters mass to reject army claim of support

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HUNDREDS of thousands of people marched in Myanmar yesterday, rejecting the army's assertion that the public supported its overthrow of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and vowing they would not be cowed in their bid to end military rule. Opponents of the Feb. 1 military coup are deeply sceptical of junta assurances, given at a news conference on Tuesday, that there would be a fair election and that it would hand over power, even as police filed an additional charge against Suu Kyi. "We love democracy and hate the junta," Sithu Maung, an elected member of Suu Kyi's National…