Thursday, May 20, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Key Myanmar Pro-Democracy Parties Refuse to Meet With Regime’s Election Body

Posted: 20 May 2021 06:06 AM PDT

The People's Party, chaired by 1988 student protest leader U Ko Ko Gyi, and the Arakan Front Party will attend the meeting; many pro-democracy parties are boycotting.

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Myanmar Regime Accuses KNU of Providing Military Training to Anti-Junta Protesters

Posted: 20 May 2021 05:55 AM PDT

Karen State regime officials said they learned of the training while interrogating detainees, and accused the armed group of violating the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.

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Myanmar Junta Scraps Retirement Age for Its Leaders

Posted: 20 May 2021 05:36 AM PDT

It means the coup leader Min Aung Hlaing can remain in his post until he is toppled or he voluntarily steps down.

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Children Killed and Injured in Chin State Explosion

Posted: 20 May 2021 03:58 AM PDT

The blast in Tedim follows intense fighting in Chin State between civilian resistance fighters and junta forces.

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Kachin Farmers Occupy Land Seized by Myanmar Military-Linked Company

Posted: 20 May 2021 03:58 AM PDT

Yuzana Company staff fled the Hpakant Township compound after an attack by the Kachin Independence Army last month.

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Myanmar Junta Scraps Charges Against Pro-Military, Ultranationalist Party Bosses

Posted: 20 May 2021 03:43 AM PDT

The military ally was charged under the National League for Democracy administration before the February coup.

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Two More Myanmar Junta Local Officials Killed

Posted: 20 May 2021 03:15 AM PDT

The administrators died in the latest in a series of attacks on regime-appointed officials.

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Myanmar Junta Troops ‘running wild’ in Mandalay Region

Posted: 20 May 2021 01:59 AM PDT

Thousands of villagers flee Talokmyo as junta forces loot homes and harass local women.

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