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Three Reported Dead As Myanmar Protests Turn Deadly

March 1, 2021February 28, 2021 Ariel Go Jr 0 Comments Myanmar, coup, Protests, Aung Saan Suu Kyi

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets throughout Myanmar following a military coup that saw the country’s democratically-elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi removed from office and arrested. After seizing control of the government in Myanmar on February 1, the military, led by commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlain, has announced a year-long state of emergency. Citizens of Myanmar have expressed displeasure and disappointment over the coup, which ended Myanmar’s decade-long transition into democracy.

2021 February 2021

Myanmar Military Stages Coup, Imprisons Leader Aung San Suu Kyi

February 8, 2021February 7, 2021 Chimdi Chukwukere 0 Comments Elections, Myanmar, Democracy, military coup

On February 1, 2021, telecommunications were cut, flights grounded, and state television turned off as Myanmar’s military seized power from the country’s democratically re-elected leaders. Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s State Counsellor, was detained along with many other cabinet members, AP News reports.

November 2020 International News Asia 2020

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Party Wins Parliament Amid Genocide Accusations

November 24, 2020November 23, 2020 Sara Fakik 0 Comments anti-Muslim, Myanmar, Genocide, election, Rohingya

The National League for Democracy party (NLD), backed by State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, won a majority in Myanmar’s parliament in this year’s election. According to CNN, the NLD scored 396 out of 473 seats, beating the military-backed opposition party by a significant margin.

October 2020 Focus 2020 Mass Migration

Focus on Mass Migration: Myanmar

October 21, 2020January 22, 2021 Juliet Nangini 0 Comments refugee, Myanmar, FOCUS, Burma, Rohingyan Crisis

The Rohingya population is an estimated one million in Myanmar, which has a majority Buddhist population. Although the Rohingya can trace their origins centuries back, the government denied the Rohingya legal recognition as one of the country’s official ethnic groups. In 1982, the country passed the Burma Citizenship Law, which essentially denied the Rohingya citizenship and left many stateless. The government of Myanmar sees the Rohingya as “illegal immigrants from Bangladesh,” says BBC News.

September 2020 International News Asia 2020

Myanmar Soldiers Desert the Army and Admit to Rohingya Killings

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Hannah Walley 0 Comments Rohingya, Rohingyan Crisis, Myanmar

Two soldiers who deserted the Myanmar army appeared on video testifying to the deliberate killings of Rohingya Muslims. The video was filmed in July, but first reported by AP in early September. According to Wall Street Journal, the soldiers, Myo Win Tun and Zaw Naing Tun, defected from Myanmar’s army and were taken into custody by Arakan Army, a Rakhine rebel group who is fighting the Myanmar government’s troops. The international community has been aware of the crimes being committed in Myanmar and assumed it was being ordered by high ranking officials but did not have official confirmation until this video surfaced.

May 2020 International News Asia 2020

COVID-19 Is No Reason to Neglect the Rohingya Crisis

May 19, 2020June 14, 2021 Daniela Maquera Sardon 0 Comments Malaysia, Myanmar, Asia, Human Rights, Rohingya

In the past month, Rohingya Muslims have continued to face human rights abuses by by military forces in Myanmar and have been denied asylum in Malaysia.

February 2020 International News Asia 2020

International Court of Justice Orders Myanmar to Protect Rohingya Muslims

February 18, 2020June 15, 2021 Megan Gawron 0 Comments Myanmar, Rohingya, ICJ

On January 23, 2020, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) released orders for Myanmar to protect its minority population of Rohingya Muslims currently subject to genocidal acts.

International News 2018 Asia

The Weight of Rohingya Refugees on the Bangladesh Government

October 8, 2018October 16, 2018 Tien Phan 0 Comments Myanmar, Rohingya, refugees

More than 90 percent of Myanmar’s Rohingya population has fled to Bangladesh in search of a safer life. But Myanmar’s authorities have continuously brutalized Rohingya refugees. This has occurred in the form of extreme discrimination and police brutality.

September 2018 Social Media Mobilization Focus 2018

Focus on Social Media Mobilization: Myanmar’s genocide

September 25, 2018January 22, 2021 Alyssa Tolentino 0 Comments Myanmar, FOCUS, 2018, Rohingyan Crisis

Once one of the least connected countries in the world, Myanmar was eager to catch up to the ever-connected, globalized world when it emerged from decades of military rule in 2011.

Featured Sections December 2017 2017 International News Africa

Myanmar: Military Commits Systemic Sexual Abuse of Rohingya

December 15, 2017February 2, 2020 Stephanie Miller 0 Comments UN, Myanmar, Rex Tillerson, Gennocied

Both Myanmar’s military and civil government have consistently denied accusations of human rights violations, but Rex Tillerson described the conflict as “horrific” and said that there had been “crimes against humanity.”