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Apr
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Myanmar releases 23 184 prisoners for New Year

Myanmar releases 23 184 prisoners for New Year

WORLD
MYANMAR’S junta released 23,184 prisoners from jails across the country on yesterday, under a New Year amnesty, a Prisons Department spokesman said, though few if any democracy activists arrested since a February 1 coup were thought to be among them. Saturday is the first day of the traditional New Year in Myanmar and the last day of a five-day holiday that is usually celebrated with visits to Buddhist temples and rowdy water throwing and partying in the streets. Pro-democracy activists called for the cancellation of the festivities this year and instead for people to focus on a campaign to restore…
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Apr
04
2021
By The African Mirror
Myanmar’s junta cracks down on online critics, death toll edges up to 550

Myanmar’s junta cracks down on online critics, death toll edges up to 550

WORLD
ATTTEMPTS by Myanmar's military to end dissent are turning to the virtual world with internet blocks and arrest warrants for online critics as big rallies become rare in the face of relentless repression by the security forces. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) activist group said on Saturday the security forces have killed 550 people, 46 of them children, since the military overthrew an elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1. There were two deaths on Friday. Despite the repression, opponents of the coup march every day in cities and towns across the country, often…
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Apr
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Suu Kyi faces new charge under Myanmar’s secrets act; wireless internet suspended

Suu Kyi faces new charge under Myanmar’s secrets act; wireless internet suspended

WORLD
MYANMAR’S deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been charged with breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, the most serious charge against the veteran opponent of military rule, her lawyer disclosed yesterday. Myanmar has been rocked by protests since the army overthrew Suu Kyi's elected government on February 1 citing unsubstantiated claims of fraud in a November election that her party swept. In a new measure to stifle communication about the turmoil, the junta ordered internet service providers to shut down wireless broadband services until further notice, several telecoms sources said. Suu Kyi and other members of her National League…
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Mar
31
2021
By The African Mirror
Myanmar insurgents warn of growing conflict as neighbours press junta

Myanmar insurgents warn of growing conflict as neighbours press junta

WORLD
ONE of Myanmar's main ethnic minority rebel groups has warned of a growing threat of major conflict and called for international intervention against a military crackdown on opponents of last month's coup. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army ousted an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, detaining her and reimposing military rule after a decade of tentative steps towards democracy. While cities and towns across the country have been consumed by protests against the military, fighting has also flared between the army and insurgents in frontier regions and refugees are spilling…
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Feb
26
2021
By The African Mirror
Supporters of Myanmar military coup rampage in Yangon

Supporters of Myanmar military coup rampage in Yangon

WORLD
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…
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Feb
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Plan to hold Myanmar junta to election pledge

Plan to hold Myanmar junta to election pledge

WORLD
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…
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Feb
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Smaller protests in Myanmar as junta deploys more troops, armoured vehicles

Smaller protests in Myanmar as junta deploys more troops, armoured vehicles

WORLD
PROTESTERS in Myanmar kept up demands yesterday for the release of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and an end to military rule despite the deployment of armoured vehicles and more soldiers on the streets. Suu Kyi, detained since a February 1 coup against her elected government, had been expected to face a court in connection with charges of illegally importing six walkie-talkie radios, but a judge said her remand lasted until Wednesday, her lawyer, Khin Maung Zaw, said. The coup and arrest of Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi and hundreds of others have sparked the biggest protests…
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Feb
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Myanmar general repeats pledge of new election

Myanmar general repeats pledge of new election

WORLD
MYANMAR's military leader yesterday said his junta would hold a new election and hand power to the winner as tens of thousands of people took to the streets for a third day to protest against the coup that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing was speaking in a televised address, his first to the country since last Monday's military takeover. He repeated claims that last November's election, won by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, had been fraudulent. But in the capital Naypyitaw, crowds of protesters chanted anti-coup slogans and told police they should…
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Feb
06
2021
By The African Mirror
Former Suu Kyi ally says no betrayal in taking Myanmar junta job

Former Suu Kyi ally says no betrayal in taking Myanmar junta job

WORLD
A one-time ally of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday that she was no traitor for accepting a ministerial post with the junta that overthrew the elected leader this week. Social welfare minister Thet Thet Khine told Reuters the new military government was inclusive and committed to democracy in one of the first interviews that any member of the new government has given since the coup on Monday. "The fact the armed forces say they will continue to act according to the law, we have to welcome it gladly," she said. "I am not betraying the country." Thet Thet…
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