The Irrawaddy Magazine

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• A Day Under Military Dictatorship in Myanmar
• Myanmar Medics in Hiding as Regime Targets Hospital-Led Disobedience Movement
• Myanmar Military Targets Striking Civil Servants
• UK and Canada Sanction Myanmar’s Coup Leader and His Subordinates
• Chairman of Myanmar’s Buddhist Authority Urges Negotiations to End Post-Coup Crisis
• Myanmar Disability Groups Condemn Beating of Disabled Man at Protest
• Police Free 14 Detained During Violent Breakup of Anti-Coup Protest in N. Myanmar
• Myanmar Student Dies 10 Days After Being Shot by Police at Anti-Coup Protest

A Day Under Military Dictatorship in Myanmar Posted: 19 Feb 2021 08:16 AM PST For most people in Myanmar, since Feb. 1 life has become a cycle of fear, anger—occasional laughter—and determination to end the dictatorship.

Myanmar Medics in Hiding as Regime Targets Hospital-Led Disobedience Movement Posted: 19 Feb 2021 07:06 AM PST Many doctors, nurses are lying low fearing arrest; in some cases, neighbors have prevented unidentified 'officials' from snatching CDM participants from their homes.

Myanmar Military Targets Striking Civil Servants Posted: 19 Feb 2021 05:15 AM PST Nearly 30 civil servants joining in the civil disobedience movement in Naypyitaw, Mandalay and Kachin State were arrested this week.

UK and Canada Sanction Myanmar’s Coup Leader and His Subordinates Posted: 19 Feb 2021 04:46 AM PST Elected MPs in Myanmar and Human Rights Watch are calling on the international community to impose sanctions on all businesses linked to the military.

Chairman of Myanmar’s Buddhist Authority Urges Negotiations to End Post-Coup Crisis Posted: 19 Feb 2021 03:32 AM PST Bhamo Sayadaw Bhaddanta Kumara says Myanmar could be 'wiped off the map' if the political situation  is allowed to deteriorate further.

Myanmar Disability Groups Condemn Beating of Disabled Man at Protest Posted: 19 Feb 2021 01:25 AM PST Police and a soldier were filmed hitting the 21-year-old – who has mental and physical disabilities – at a Mandalay protest.

Police Free 14 Detained During Violent Breakup of Anti-Coup Protest in N. Myanmar Posted: 19 Feb 2021 01:19 AM PST Two teachers were among the 14, who were held for most of the day in Myitkyina as police and troops fired slingshots at protesters, beat them and destroyed their signs.

Myanmar Student Dies 10 Days After Being Shot by Police at Anti-Coup Protest Posted: 18 Feb 2021 11:04 PM PST Student Ma Mya Thwet Thwet Khine, 20, became the first fatality in the police crackdown on the protest movement against the military regime.

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