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Myanmar, climate activists among Nobel Peace Prize nominees

Oslo, Feb 1 (AFP/APP): Myanmar’s defenders of democracy, a Belarus opposition leader, the pope, and environmental activists like Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough have emerged as likely nominees for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. Following the January 31 deadline for nominations, several names are believed […]

Human rights defenders in Myanmar under siege: UN experts

UNITED NATIONS, UN human rights experts Monday expressed their utmost concern for the situation of human rights defenders in Myanmar, and called for a stronger international response to the military coup, including coordinated sanctions and an arms embargo against the junta by an ‘emergency coalition […]

Political crisis, pandemic pushing half of Myanmar into poverty: UN report

UNITED NATIONS, The United Nations Friday warned that half of the population of Myanmar could be living in poverty next year due to the pandemic and political turmoil that began with the coup of February 1. That level of impoverishment has not been seen in […]

Myanmar: 80 killed during protests in Bago region

Myanmar: 80 killed during protests in Bago region Troops use assault rifles, heavy weaponry, explosives on protesters,l At least 80 civilians in Myanmar lost their lives during protests held in the region of Bago against the Feb. 1 military coup in the country, according to […]

Myanmar beauty queen speaks out against military coup

Bangkok-A commitment to “world peace” might be a beauty pageant cliche, but as blood spills in the streets of Myanmar, Miss Grand International contestant Han Lay made a plea Thursday to end the violence in her homeland. The Myanmar junta has unleashed deadly violence as it struggles to quell […]

Anti-coup protests continue in Myanmar as UN urged to hear ‘pleas’

Yangon-Anti-coup demonstrators returned to the streets of Myanmar Saturday, a day after a United Nations envoy urged the Security Council to hear the nation’s “desperate pleas” and take swift action to restore democracy. The country has been in turmoil since a February 1 putsch ousted civilian leader […]

Facebook blocked in Myanmar as UN chief says coup must fail

Yangon – Myanmar’s generals ordered internet providers to restrict access to Facebook Thursday, as UN chief Antonio Guterres said the world must rally to ensure the military coup fails. The Southeast Asian nation was plunged back into direct military rule on Monday as de facto […]

UN envoy urges Security Council to send ‘clear signal’ in support of democracy in Myanmar

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy has urged the United Nations Security Council to “collectively send a clear signal in support of democracy” in Myanmar, saying that the power grab by the country’s military was “unconstitutional and illegal.” The envoy, Swiss diplomat […]

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