Military Coup
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Myingan ‘like a war zone’ as regime troops destroy protest stronghold, locals say
Hundreds of soldiers and police crush an anti-coup defence area in the Mandalay Region town, shooting indiscriminately and arresting locals, including one child
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Military and civilians clash in Kani, Sagaing Region, leaving six locals dead
A security team comprised of locals armed with hunting rifles was attempting to intercept trucks transporting detained protesters when the armed forces opened fire on them on April 15
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Junta troops kill two protesters in Mogok at National Unity Government rally
A video filmed at the scene depicts a member of the armed forces saying, ‘I want them dead. Do you hear me? Five of them’
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Death sentences: the junta’s latest tactic to instill fear
‘They want people to be scared of them and bow to them’, one lawyer says of the recent announcement that 19 people have been sentence to death
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Wai Moe Naing, prominent leader of anti-coup movement, detained in Monywa
The 26-year-old was reportedly taken to a military base after being hit with a car and arrested a gunpoint by plainclothes regime officials
