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The Guardian view on Myanmar, four years on: the army unleashed terror, but the people are defiant

Editorial: The junta’s brutality has failed to secure victory in the civil war, but is devastating the country

The Guardian - UK

Aung Sun Suu Kyi’s son demands her release outside Myanmar Embassy in London

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son, Kim Aris, made a direct plea to Myanmar’s military junta on Friday, 31 January, for the release of his mother on the fourth anniversary of her arrest.

The Independent UK

‘Criminalised for politics’: Rohingya caught in Delhi election crossfire

AAP and challenger BJP ‘outdo’ each other in attacking mainly Muslim refugees to consolidate votes in February 5 polls.

Al Jazeera

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Seeking Light In Dark Times Four Years After Myanmar Coup

Yangon resident Aung Ko Gyi browses stalls for a solar power kit he can use to weather the blackouts that have become a constant feature of life in Myanmar four years on from a military coup.

International Business Times

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son pleads with Myanmar's military dictatorship to free his mother

Kim Aris calls for release of ‘last flame of hope for democracy’ in the country

The Independent UK

Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages

Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government

The Independent UK

Young Rohingya men are being forced to fight as foot soldiers on both sides of Myanmar’s brutal civil war

SPECIAL DISPATCH: Four years after Myanmar’s military coup sparked gunfighting, torture, rape and arson in Rakhine state, young Rohingya men are now being forcibly conscripted to fight for both the junta and the rebels. Shweta Sharma reports from Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh

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Four years after coup, Myanmar regime prepares for ‘violent, messy’ polls

Pressure is building on Myanmar’s rulers to hold what opposition groups promise will be fraught national elections.

Al Jazeera

David Lammy calls for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi

The Foreign Secretary said Britain had ‘not forgotten’ those ‘arbitrarily detained’ by the military regime which leads Myanmar.

Evening Standard

Foreign secretary David Lammy makes impassioned plea for release of Aung San Suu Kyi

Exclusive: Cabinet minister demands she be freed after Independent TV documentary examines her rise and fall – and the plight of the people of Myanmar

The Independent UK

Myanmar Military Extends Rule Amid Election Uncertainty

Myanmar's military extends rule amidst unrest and resistance, facing economic collapse and humanitarian crisis. International community condemns actions, c...

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Myanmar Junta Extends State Of Emergency By Six Months

The country is mired in a bloody, multi-sided conflict stemming from the February 1, 2021 putsch that ended a 10-year experiment with democracy.

International Business Times

Myanmar’s military government extends state of emergency by 6 months

Myanmar’s military government has announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held this year, as the country enters its fifth year of crisis

The Independent UK

Myanmar military extends state of emergency for another six months

The declaration is widely anticipated to be the last before the military holds long-delayed national polls this year.

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The Guardian - AU

Myanmar civil war: a quick guide to the conflict

Armed groups have been fighting the military junta since a coup in 2021. What has changed in four years? How is China involved? And what has happened to Aung Sun Suu Kyi? We answer these questions and more

International Business Times

'No Happiness': Misery For Myanmar Exiles Four Years On From Coup

Four years after Myanmar's military seized power in a coup, the country is in the grip of a bloody civil war that has driven many of the country's young across the border to Thailand.

The Guardian - AU

Four years after the coup, chaos reigns as Myanmar’s military struggles

A patchwork of armed opposition groups have made major gains over the past year, with the military facing further losses

Al Jazeera

Rohingya refugees’ boat runs aground in Indonesia’s Aceh province

Over 70 Rohingya refugees in Indonesia after fleeing Myanmar.

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The Guardian - UK

Demining to democracy: how Trump’s foreign aid freeze will affect south-east Asia

US funding provides humanitarian assistance to a region vulnerable to natural disasters and support for pro-democracy activists battling repressive regimes

Bangkok Post

Illegal language school raided on Koh Phangan

Police have arrested four Myanmar people for illegally running a Burmese-language school for 190 Myanmar children in a church on Koh Phangan.

The Independent UK

US aid freeze leads to suspension of health care to Myanmar refugees in Thailand

A freeze on foreign assistance programs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump has led to cuts in services to refugees from war-torn Myanmar, including the shutdown of hospital care in camps in Thailand where more than 100,000 are living, according to activists and Thai officials

The Independent UK

Over 100 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar arrive in Indonesia's Aceh

A rickety wooden boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims landed Wednesday in Indonesia as the northernmost province of Aceh continued to receive the refugees fleeing persecution and political unrest in Myanmar

Bangkok Post

Foreigners arrested at illegal day care centre on Koh Phangan

Police arrested five Russians, two Ukrainians and a Myanmar national for illegally operating a day care centre to take care of foreign children on Koh Phangan.

The Conversation

As the Myanmar junta’s hold on power weakens, could the devastating war be nearing a conclusion?

It has now been four years since the Myanmar military launched its cataclysmic coup against the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1 2021, starting a civil war that has devastated the country.

The Independent UK

China detains suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar

Chinese authorities have detained a key suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar

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