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Telenor’s irresponsible Myanmar sale puts us all at risk
The Norwegian government has a responsibility to stop the dangerous sale of Telenor’s Myanmar operations to the notorious M1 Group
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Family says it has had no contact with doctor arrested more than two days ago
Dr Pyae Phyo Naing was taken into custody for joining the nationwide civil disobedience movement against military rule
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In pictures: anti-coup protesters gather in Tamu, Pyay and Shwebo
Tens of thousands of people protested against the dictatorship in Tamu, Pyay and Shwebo townships today. In Tamu, educators, bank staff, volunteer groups, indigenous people, university students, and others joined a march. The protest in Shwebo township was led by students and farmers. The Pyay University Student Union and Pyay Technology University Student Union led the protest against military coup in Pyay, with residents also joining in. The demonstrators gathered at Pyay University and left at 2pm, marching around the town and back to the University. Police set up three lines near the General Aung San statue in downtown Pyay and waited far behind those lines but the march avoided those lines and took a different route to avoid a confrontation, said Htoo Myat Htet Aung, a student who participated. Photos (Supplied)
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In Pictures: Protesters defy the military regime’s ban on gatherings
Defying a ban on gatherings of more than four people imposed by the new military regime on Monday night, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators converged on the Hledan Junction near University Avenue and Pyay Road in Yangon on the fourth day of a nationwide uprising against last week’s coup. Several trucks full of soldiers were positioned near the protest site and police blocked the protesters from entering University Avenue. Tensions between the police and anti-coup protesters calling for the restoration of democracy intensified on Tuesday morning. Peaceful protests in the capital Naypyitaw, Mandalay and other cities had met with violent crackdowns by the afternoon. Police fired both live ammunition and rubber bullets into a crowd of protesters in Naypyitaw and used water cannons and tear gas to stifle the demonstrations in Mandalay.
