Myanmar protests: Fatalities, mass arrests reported as police intensify use of force.
Confirming reports of protesters’ deaths has been difficult amid the chaos and general lack of news from official sources.
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Myanmar police crack down on anti-coup protests as envoy urges U.
Uncertainty has grown over detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi's whereabouts, with local media reporting she had been moved from house arrest to an undisclosed location.
Myanmar police block students from joining protests against military coup.
Students had pledged to join the daily protests and strikes that have been ongoing for roughly three weeks, but police blocked the gates of the campus.
‘Spring Revolution’: Myanmar protests swell despite military junta’s threat of force.
Crowds in the country's biggest city, Yangon, gathered after supporters of the Civil Disobedience Movement called for people to unite on Monday.
Crowds in Myanmar gather for funeral of woman killed during protests over military coup.
Mourners silently raised their hands in three-fingered salutes — a sign of defiance and resistance adopted from neighbouring Thailand.
Security forces in Myanmar use rubber bullets, tear gas as protests continue.
At least five people were injured by rubber bullets and had to be carried away in ambulances, according to an Associated Press journalist who witnessed the violence.
Woman shot by police amid Myanmar coup protests dies after 10 days in hospital.
Mya Thwet Thwet Khine, who was shot during a demonstration in the capital Naypyitaw, had been on life support at a hospital with what doctors had said was no chance of recovery.
Myanmar coup opponents welcome sanctions from Canada, Britain as protests continue.
Adding to the diplomatic pressure, Japan said it had agreed with India, the United States and Australia on the need for democracy to be restored quickly after the Feb. 1 takeover.
Nearly 500 arrested in Myanmar to date as anti-coup protests paralyze government.
Despite junta appeals for civil servants to return to work and threats of actions if they do not, there has been no sign of the strikes easing.
UN warns of violent crackdown as Myanmar’s anti-coup protests swell by thousands.
The military seized power on Feb. 1, the day newly elected parliamentarians were supposed to take their seats.
UN expert warns of violence after troops sent to Myanmar city amid protests.
The protests are taking place in defiance of an order banning gatherings of five or more people.
UN warns Myanmar of ‘severe consequences’ over harsh response to protests.
A small crowd began gathering outside the central bank early on Tuesday to press staff there to join a civil disobedience movement.
Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar keep pressure on junta.
Large demonstrations were held in the major cities of Yangon, Mandalay and the capital, Naypyitaw, as well as in far-flung areas dominated by ethnic minorities.
Anger at Myanmar police grows over arrests as anti-coup rallies enter 8th day.
Anger in Myanmar has been fuelled by videos showing more arrests of government critics, including a doctor who was part of the civil disobedience movement.
Myanmar coup leader urges country to ‘join hands’ with military for democracy.
The protesters are unlikely to be swayed by Min Aung Hlaing's call for unity, which come on the national holiday known as Union Day.
More allies of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi arrested as U.S. announces sanctions over coup
Protesters gathered across the country for a sixth straight day on Thursday.
Myanmar protester expected to die from gunshot as clashes over coup turn violent.
Protesters returned to the streets of Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw on Wednesday after the most violent day yet in demonstrations against a coup that halted a tentative transition to democracy under elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The United ...
Myanmar protesters face water cannons, arrests as military junta promises elections.
The Feb. 1 coup and detention of elected civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has brought four straight days of protests across the Southeast Asian country of 53 million.
Protests swell rapidly on Myanmar’s streets one week after military coup.
Starting with a few hundred people, the crowd in Yangon exceeded a thousand by midmorning and cars passing by honked their horns in solidarity.
Internet access restored in Myanmar as protests over military coup continue.
On Sunday afternoon, internet users in Yangon reported that data access on their mobile phones had suddenly been restored.