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Myanmar Military Extends Emergency Rule For Another 6 Months: Report
The military put the country under emergency rule for a year when it took power in a February 2021 coup, deposing the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi and triggering nationwide street protests that it violently crushed.
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Myanmar Extends State Of Emergency By 6 Months
Myanmar's National Defence and Security Council has agreed to extend the country's state of emergency by six months, state media said Wednesday, likely delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by August.
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Myanmar Prepares For Elections 2 Years After Coup Amid Fears Of Violence
Allegations of voter fraud in the last election in November 2020 -- won resoundingly by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi's party -- were the army's excuse for seizing power on February 1, 2021.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi To Face New Trial For Electoral Fraud: Report
Myanmar's junta has charged Aung San Suu Kyi with influencing election officials during 2020 polls, a source said on Monday, a year after it staged a coup alleging massive voter fraud.
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Myanmar Junta Promises Elections In Two Years
Myanmar's junta chief said Sunday that elections would be held and a state of emergency lifted by August 2023, extending the military's initial timeline given when it deposed Aung San Suu Kyi six months ago.
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Myanmar Junta Cancels Results Of 2020 Election Won By Suu Kyi's Party
Myanmar's junta on Monday cancelled the results of 2020 polls won by Aung San Suu Kyi's party, announcing they were not "free and fair" almost six months after deposing the Nobel laureate in a coup.
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UN Calls For Member States To "Prevent Flow Of Arms Into Myanmar"
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday called for a stop to the flow of arms to Myanmar and urged the military to respect November election results and release political detainees, including leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Myanmar Electoral Body To Dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi's Party: Report
Myanmar's junta-appointed election commission will dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party (NLD) because of what it said was electoral fraud, news outlet Myanmar Now said on Twitter on Friday, citing a commissioner.
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Myanmar Coup: Internet Access Said to Be Partially Restored in Country Following Blackout
Internet access was partially restored in Myanmar on Sunday, Netblocks reported, as a nationwide web blockade failed to curb public outrage and protests against the coup that ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Facebook, WhatsApp Blocked by Myanmar Junta as Opposition to Coup Grows
Myanmar's junta blocked Facebook in the name of ensuring stability and activists said at least three people were arrested at a street protest against the coup that ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Car Horns, Striking Pans Heard In Protest To Military Coup In Myanmar
The sound of vehicle horns and pans being struck were heard around Myanmar's biggest city Yangon on Tuesday in protest at a military coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government, Reuters witnesses said.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi Detained In Military Coup, 1-Year Emergency Declared
Myanmar's military seized power in a bloodless coup on Monday, detaining democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and imposing a one-year state of emergency.
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Myanmar Military Must Release Elected Leaders "Immediately": Australia
Australia on Monday demanded Myanmar's army immediately release de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected leaders, warning the military was "once again seeking to seize control" of the country.
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PM Modi Congratulates Aung San Suu Kyi Over Her Party's Election Win
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi over her party National League for Democracy''s victory in elections and said he looks forward to continuing to work with her to strengthen the traditional bonds of friendship between the two countries.
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Mixed Bag For Aung San Suu Kyi's Party As Myanmar Ballots Counted
Aung San Suu Kyi's one-year-old government retained most of its seats in Myanmar by-elections Sunday but braced for symbolic losses in ethnic minority areas as results from the 19-seat poll trickled in.
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Myanmar Military Extends Emergency Rule For Another 6 Months: Report
The military put the country under emergency rule for a year when it took power in a February 2021 coup, deposing the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi and triggering nationwide street protests that it violently crushed.
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Myanmar Extends State Of Emergency By 6 Months
Myanmar's National Defence and Security Council has agreed to extend the country's state of emergency by six months, state media said Wednesday, likely delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by August.
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Myanmar Prepares For Elections 2 Years After Coup Amid Fears Of Violence
Allegations of voter fraud in the last election in November 2020 -- won resoundingly by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi's party -- were the army's excuse for seizing power on February 1, 2021.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi To Face New Trial For Electoral Fraud: Report
Myanmar's junta has charged Aung San Suu Kyi with influencing election officials during 2020 polls, a source said on Monday, a year after it staged a coup alleging massive voter fraud.
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Myanmar Junta Promises Elections In Two Years
Myanmar's junta chief said Sunday that elections would be held and a state of emergency lifted by August 2023, extending the military's initial timeline given when it deposed Aung San Suu Kyi six months ago.
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Myanmar Junta Cancels Results Of 2020 Election Won By Suu Kyi's Party
Myanmar's junta on Monday cancelled the results of 2020 polls won by Aung San Suu Kyi's party, announcing they were not "free and fair" almost six months after deposing the Nobel laureate in a coup.
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UN Calls For Member States To "Prevent Flow Of Arms Into Myanmar"
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday called for a stop to the flow of arms to Myanmar and urged the military to respect November election results and release political detainees, including leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Myanmar Electoral Body To Dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi's Party: Report
Myanmar's junta-appointed election commission will dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party (NLD) because of what it said was electoral fraud, news outlet Myanmar Now said on Twitter on Friday, citing a commissioner.
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Myanmar Coup: Internet Access Said to Be Partially Restored in Country Following Blackout
Internet access was partially restored in Myanmar on Sunday, Netblocks reported, as a nationwide web blockade failed to curb public outrage and protests against the coup that ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Facebook, WhatsApp Blocked by Myanmar Junta as Opposition to Coup Grows
Myanmar's junta blocked Facebook in the name of ensuring stability and activists said at least three people were arrested at a street protest against the coup that ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Car Horns, Striking Pans Heard In Protest To Military Coup In Myanmar
The sound of vehicle horns and pans being struck were heard around Myanmar's biggest city Yangon on Tuesday in protest at a military coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government, Reuters witnesses said.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi Detained In Military Coup, 1-Year Emergency Declared
Myanmar's military seized power in a bloodless coup on Monday, detaining democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and imposing a one-year state of emergency.
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Myanmar Military Must Release Elected Leaders "Immediately": Australia
Australia on Monday demanded Myanmar's army immediately release de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected leaders, warning the military was "once again seeking to seize control" of the country.
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PM Modi Congratulates Aung San Suu Kyi Over Her Party's Election Win
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi over her party National League for Democracy''s victory in elections and said he looks forward to continuing to work with her to strengthen the traditional bonds of friendship between the two countries.
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Mixed Bag For Aung San Suu Kyi's Party As Myanmar Ballots Counted
Aung San Suu Kyi's one-year-old government retained most of its seats in Myanmar by-elections Sunday but braced for symbolic losses in ethnic minority areas as results from the 19-seat poll trickled in.
