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Junta arrests four over social media birthday wishes for Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th
Supporters in Naypyitaw and Mandalay face detention for posting messages honouring the detained civilian leader on her milestone birthday
The column is advancing through villages west of Kamma, Pakokku Township, after leaving the army base in Pakokku in May, prompting villagers to flee
Advocates for political prisoners’ rights said authorities singled out the Monywa protest leader for abuse from the day he entered the prison in June
The anti-regime groups briefly held the positions before being forced to retreat following the arrival of reinforcements
The forum—attended by diplomats, junta generals, and representatives of various ethnic armed groups—opened in Myanmar’s capital on the same day that UN special rapporteur Tom Andrews condemned the elections the regime is planning for later this year as “fraud”
Supporters in Naypyitaw and Mandalay face detention for posting messages honouring the detained civilian leader on her milestone birthday