She has rejected all the charges to date. The UN Security Council has called for an immediate cessation of violence across Myanmar, and efforts to ensure the safety of civilians, following reports. Suu Kyi, 76, faces a dozen cases against her including incitement and violations of COVID-19 protocols. Wars with ethnic minority insurgents in remote frontier regions in the north and east have intensified significantly since the coup, displacing tens of thousands of civilians, according to United Nations estimates. The election commission has dismissed the assertion. It says it staged the coup because a November election won by Suu Kyi's party was rigged. Myanmar The latest news and comment on Myanmar June 2021 Myanmar junta frees more than 2,000 anti-coup protesters Critics of regime and journalists among those released but thousands remain in. The military has said that protesters who have been killed instigated the violence. Some were seriously injured with head wounds and unconscious, according to the witnesses.Ī spokesman for the ruling junta did not answer calls seeking comment on Sunday.
Fortunately, I escaped," a protester who asked not to be identified for security reasons told Reuters by phone.Ī car occupied by soldiers hit the crowd from the back, two witnesses said, and followed the scattered protesters arresting and beating them. Then he immediately shot at me as I ran away in a zig-zag pattern. A soldier beat me with his rifle but I defended and pushed him back. One of the most comprehensive Myanmar news sites on the web, featuring news from South East Asia and global sources. Links to local newspapers, Myanmar airlines and a map of Myanmar. "I got hit and fell down in front of a truck. Continuously updating news headlines, business, sport and weather. In the incident, a "flash mob" protest in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, was rammed minutes after it started, witnesses said.
"We will strongly respond to the terrorist military who brutally, inhumanly killed the unarmed peaceful protesters," the National Unity Government's defence ministry said in a statement on social media after Sunday's attack. The opposition's shadow government said it was heartbroken to see peaceful protesters crashed and shot to death. Myanmar is on the verge of being a failed state and there needs to be greater international effort from global powers to bring about stability, according to an expert from a think tank at. The scattered protests are often small groups voicing opposition to the overthrow of an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and the return of military rule. Myanmars junta chief sat down with a prominent senior figure of Aung San Suu Kyis ousted party on Sunday, the first significant meeting since the February coup. Anti-military protests are continuing despite the killing of more than 1,300 people since the Feb.
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