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Protesters call for Tokyo to act over military coup in Myanmar

The coup came earlier this week as the country's new parliament was set to sit for the first time following elections last year.

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Yangon residents protest against the coup by banging pots and pans

People waited until 8 pm (local time) when they began hitting pots and pans on the street.

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Detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi charged with trade violation

Detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi charged with trade violation and remanded in custody

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UN Security Council takes no action on Myanmar coup

The Myanmar ambassador who is currently in Europe strongly condemned the military’s takeover of the government.

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Myanmar coup: US threatens sanctions over Aung San Suu Kyi detention

Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been a US democracy promotion project for decades.

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What can be done about the military coup in Myanmar?

Global condemnation has followed a military coup in Myanmar, in which senior officials from the ruling party, including de facto president Aung San Suu Kyi, were arrested. But what more can be done?

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How did European leaders react to Myanmar's military coup?

The military said the coup was the result of the government’s failure to act on claims of voter fraud in November’s parliamentary election.

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Myanmar coup: Military takes control after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi

A spokesperson for the French government said Paris called for "the vote of the Myanmar people to be respected" and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote on Twitter that he condemns "the coup and unlawful imprisonment of civilians, including Aung San Suu Kyi, in Myanmar."

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Two years on, what will happen to the Rohingya?

This Sunday marks two years since over 740,000 Rohingya people fled northwest Rakhine State when the Myanmar military launched operations there.

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Calls for Myanmar to release convicted journalists

Calls for Myanmar to release convicted journalists

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UN Security Council envoys visit Bangladesh and Myanmar

UN Security Council envoys began a four-day visit to Bangladesh and Myanmar on Saturday to see firsthand the aftermath of a Myanmar military crackdown that Britain, the United States and others have denounced as ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims.

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EU calls for release of Reuters journalists charged in Myanmar

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who were covering the country's Rohingya crisis, have been charged with violating the official secrets act.

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Genocide against Rohingya cannot be ruled out, says UN rights chief

Comments came from the UN Commissioner for Human Rights at a special session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva

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Widespread rape and people burnt alive in Myanmar, says NGO

Rohingya Muslims have been telling their horrifying accounts to Save the Children.

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UN calls on Myanmar to halt violence against Rohingya

The UN turns up the pressure on Myanmar and adopts unanimous statement demanding it stops violence against Rohingya

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Fears of fresh Myanmar violence as Rohingya crisis intensifies

A ceasefire declared by Muslim Rohingya insurgents is about to come to an end

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Aung San Suu Kyi addresses Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, saying she does not fear global 'scrutiny'

Myanmar's de facto leader spoke with diplomats and other representatives from the international community about the crisis in Rakhine state.

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Human Rights Watch claims Myanmar "scorched earth" campaign is expanding

Myanmar's deep-seated tensions add to Rakhine conflict

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Myanmar's Rohingya crisis 'should not all be about Aung San Suu Kyi'

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is urged to intervene in Rohingya crisis but IRC chief David Miliband says it's not that simple

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Amnesty accuses Myanmar of Rohingya "ethnic cleansing"

The human rights group has released "irrefutable evidence of an targeted campaign" to push Rohingya people of of Myanmar