Thursday, February 18, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine

Myanmar’s Military Regime Brings Charges of Incitement Against Ousted NLD Ministers

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 07:26 AM PST

Two ousted chief ministers and a regional minister of the National League for Democracy have been charged under the Penal Code.

Myanmar’s Creative Anti-Regime Protesters Stay One Step Ahead of Police

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 05:45 AM PST

From enormous slogans painted on streets to orchestrated mass vehicle breakdowns, protesters have found many ways to defy the military regime and get their message out.

Nine People Injured During Military Regime Clearance Operation in Mandalay

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 05:09 AM PST

A member of a philanthropic society was injured by security forces trying to clear train tracks blocked by railway staff as part of the civil disobedience movement.

Myanmar Military Regime has Detained Nearly 500 People Since Coup

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 05:02 AM PST

Student protesters, protest leaders and civil servants are among the recent detainees, while elected MPs, veteran activists and celebrities are on the wanted list.

Lawyers Call for Myanmar Coup Chiefs to Face High Treason Charges

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 04:02 AM PST

The coup leaders broke numerous articles in the military-drafted 2008 Constitution, says the legal team advising elected MPs.

The Day Myanmar Lost an Influential Cartoonist

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 02:30 AM PST

On this day in 1953, Myanmar lost the prominent and pioneering cartoonist U Ba Gyan, author of scathing political cartoons and creator of Myanmar's first animated movie.

Eight Civil Servants in Court for Opposing Myanmar Military Regime

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 02:17 AM PST

The government staff face up to six months in prison for joining the civil disobedience movement.

Myanmar Military Regime Rewrites Laws to Stifle Dissent, ‘Justify’ Power Grab

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 12:34 AM PST

Military authorities are undoing democratic safeguards written into law over the past five years, while attempting to create legal cover for their power grab on Feb. 1.

Myanmar Military’s New Education Minister Faced Finance Probes

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 11:06 PM PST

Dr. Nyunt Pe was accused of dodgy deals with the military when he worked in Ayeyarwady Region.

Myanmar Journalists Leave Jobs in Face of Military Regime Restrictions on Media Freedom

Posted: 17 Feb 2021 08:35 PM PST

Eleven members of the Myanmar Press Council and more than a dozen staff members at The Myanmar Times took the action in response to 'directives' from the regime.
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