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• Yangon’s Major Cemeteries Report Unprecedented Influx of Bodies Amid COVID Surge
• Unsung Hero of Myanmar’s ’88 Uprising Dies of COVID-19
• Activist Who Embodied Myanmar’s Democracy Struggle Dies of COVID-19
• Myanmar Junta Indicts NLD Patron U Win Htein for Sedition

Yangon’s Major Cemeteries Report Unprecedented Influx of Bodies Amid COVID Surge Posted: 17 Jul 2021 02:50 AM PDT The cemeteries have seen one of their busiest weeks ever, cremating over 700 bodies on Thursday alone amid a lack of oxygen and a healthcare system ruined by the coup.  The post Yangon's Major Cemeteries Report Unprecedented Influx of Bodies Amid COVID Surge appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Unsung Hero of Myanmar’s ’88 Uprising Dies of COVID-19 Posted: 17 Jul 2021 01:08 AM PDT The Irrawaddy revisits a 2014 profile of U Nay Min, who kept the world informed of the military's brutal crackdown on democracy protesters in 1988 and was later jailed. The post Unsung Hero of Myanmar's '88 Uprising Dies of COVID-19 appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Activist Who Embodied Myanmar’s Democracy Struggle Dies of COVID-19 Posted: 17 Jul 2021 12:58 AM PDT U Hla Shwe was jailed six times between 1959 and 2005; he died aged 84 on Thursday after his oxygen supply ran out. The Irrawaddy here republishes a 2012 profile of him. The post Activist Who Embodied Myanmar's Democracy Struggle Dies of COVID-19 appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Myanmar Junta Indicts NLD Patron U Win Htein for Sedition Posted: 17 Jul 2021 12:50 AM PDT The 80-year-old stalwart of the elected ruling party was arrested within days of the coup for saying the takeover was a result of the military chief's lust for power. The post Myanmar Junta Indicts NLD Patron U Win Htein for Sedition appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

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