MYANMAR COUP – APRIL 2022 ARTICLES

April 30th 2022: Junta Watch: Regime Spokesperson’s Obscenity; Electric buses but no Electricity for the People and More

April 30th 2022:  Myanmar: Helping communities displaced from Kayah State

April 30th 2022: Myanmar Film Producer Ma Aeint Jailed for Anti-Junta Activity (EXCLUSIVE)

April 30th 2022: Why Do Myanmar, Bangladesh Need Defense Diplomacy? – OpEd

April 30th 2022: Junta to counter armed resistance with ‘public’ militias, Myanmar military spokesperson says

April 29th 2022: ‘All I want is a shower’: all-day blackouts make life miserable in Myanmar

April 29th 2022: It’s Time To Move Beyond ASEAN On Myanmar – OpEd

April 29th 2022: Junta troops torch 500 homes in 3 days in Myanmar’s Sagaing region

April 29th 2022: The Latest on Southeast Asia: April 28, 2022

April 29th 2022: Myanmar casino ‘sex hostages’ swim to salvation

April 28th 2022: Myanmar/Burma: Statement by the Spokesperson on the latest sentencing of State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

April 28th 2022: More than 2,000 police officers joined the Civil Disobedience Movement

April 28th 2022: NUG settling in for long fight against junta

April 28th 2022: Internet shutdowns in 2021: the return of digital authoritarianism

April 28th 2022: Explainer-Suu Kyi’s uphill battle in Myanmar junta’s secretive courts

April 27th 2022: War zone farmers suffer disruptions and despair

April 27th 2022: Monk shot dead trying to stop soldiers burning village in Sagaing’s Wuntho Township

April 27th 2022: Star Sapphire Group brokering arms deals for military junta

April 27th 2022: United Nations shows concern for Myanmar women in post-coup crisis

April 27th 2022: Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi convicted of corruption and gets five years added to sentence

April 26th 2022: No way home: Karen refugees live in limbo

April 26th 2022: Military officers among ‘around 20’ junta fighters killed in clash in northern Myanmar

April 26th 2022: Nearly 40 Buddhist clergy killed and 40 jailed since Myanmar coup

April 26th 2022: Myanmar military court delays verdict in Aung San Suu Kyi trial

April 26th 2022: Women struggle for equal rights in the workplace in Myanmar, says labour union leader

April 25th 2022: Myanmar Junta Chief Reveals His Egotism by Awarding Himself Honorary Titles

April 25th 2022: Prison riot after prisoner beats political prisoner in Pathein Prison

April 25th 2022: BANKING UNDER THE GENERALS: Myanmar military once again cause chaos in the banking sector

April 25th 2022: Tales from abroad: the anguish of those who’ve left Myanmar behind

April 25th 2022: Pledges but no progress as military neglects environment

April 24th 2022: Car bomb rocks Myawaddy, putting Mae Sot on security alert

April 24th 2022: Fighting in Lay Kay Kaw expected to intensify after junta soldier killed in fresh clash 

April 24th 2022: Myanmar: junta seeks a deal with ethnic armed groups, not pro-democracy forces

April 24th 2022: Ukraine crisis bad news for Myanmar’s freedom fighters

April 24th 2022: Films on Human Rights Abuses and Courageous Opposition in Myanmar

April 23rd 2022: Dead body of wife of NLD Mandalay chief found on street following capture by soldiers

April 23rd 2022: Time for the International Community to Abandon the ASEAN Consensus on Myanmar

April 23rd 2022: Junta chief offers Myanmar’s ethnic armies rare in-person peace talks

April 23rd 2022: Soaring unemployment in Myanmar follows junta rollback of labor rights

April 23rd 2022: Junta Watch: Regime Chief’s Thingyan Party Backfires; Billions Wasted on Honorary Titles for Dictators and More

April 22nd 2022: Engulfed with Mounting Resistance, Myanmar Junta Boss Calls for Peace Talks

April 22nd 2022: Myanmar: Activists continue peaceful protests in face of the regime’s brutality – new research

April 22nd 2022: Myanmar junta chief calls for peace talks with ethnic rebels

April 22nd 2022: Junta announces limited exemptions for foreign currency exchange order

April 22nd 2022: There’s a Crisis Unfolding in Southeastern Myanmar

April 21st 2022: BBC Sounds: Myanmar: fighting the might of the junta

April 21st 2022: Myanmar braces for further power disruptions as solar initiative stalls

April 21st 2022: BORIS JOHNSON, TELL MODI TO STOP INDIAN ARMS SALES TO BURMESE MILITARY

April 21st 2022: Myanmar opening for commercial flights gives families a chance to reconnect after two challenging years

April 21st 2022: Finnish company wins contract to build junta power stations

April 20th 2022: Rewards for jets, helicopters will test loyalty of Myanmar military: former soldiers

April 20th 2022: Christians bear brunt of junta violence in Myanmar

April 20th 2022: Six Rohingya dead, hundreds flee after riot at Malaysian detention camp

April 20th 2022: Myanmar, China and Saudi Arabia were the world’s top jailers of writers and public intellectuals in 2021

April 20th 2022: Junta’s Thingyan celebrations attacked

April 19th 2022: ‘Quick profits’: Activists fear for environment under military rule

April 19th 2022: Junta pledges ‘year of peace’ after Thingyan, but opposition says fight just starting

April 19th 2022: In rare comments, Myanmar’s Suu Kyi urges people to ‘be united’ – source

April 19th 2022: Myanmar Regime Soldiers Tempted to Defect by NUG’s Cash Offer

April 19th 2022: Almost 2,000 People Displaced by Junta Raids in Western Myanmar

April 18th 2022: Myanmar’s Yangon int’l airport reopens after two-year suspension

April 18th 2022: NUG claims to control half the country

April 18th 2022: Myanmar, the other nation being pounded by Russian military hardware, also needs international aid

April 18th 2022: WEAR BLUE AND SPEAK OUT FOR BURMA’S POLITICAL PRISONERS

April 18th 2022: Pope mentions Ukraine, Afghanistan and Myanmar in Easter Sunday plea

April 17th 2022: Myanmar’s purge of tycoon highlights tension within regime

April 17th 2022: Myanmar marks traditional New Year with boycotts of junta-sponsored festivities

April 17th 2022: Myanmar junta: 1,600 to be freed in holiday amnesty

April 17th 2022: Former adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi not among 1,600 prisoners freed by Myanmar in amnesty to mark the nation’s new year

April 17th 2022: Myanmar massacre: Who’s telling the truth?

April 16th 2022: Myanmar rebel troupe takes aim at junta with folk satire

April 16th 2022: At least 10 junta soldiers killed by PDF gunfire in attack on Yangon Region checkpoint

April 16th 2022: Myanmar: The Christmas Eve massacre with ‘all the hallmarks of a war crime’

April 16th 2022: ‘Trail of bodies’: defector says military’s top judge came to Rakhine to destroy evidence of Rohingya atrocities

April 16th 2022: Al Jazeera investigation ‘Myanmar’s State of Fear’ wins top award

April 15th 2022: Meet Gabar, the fragrance brand inspired by slow living, South East Asian heritage and a new way for Myanmar

April 15th 2022: Nearly 100 arrested ahead of Thingyan in Myanmar’s Yangon, Mandalay

April 15th 2022: Special extension given for people of Myanmar to remain in Japan

April 15th 2022: Moves afoot to clean up Mrauk-U in UNESCO World Heritage status bid

April 15th 2022: Myanmar deputy governor is alive after shooting – reports

April 14th 2022: Financial protest in Myanmar turns lethal

April 14th 2022: Seven Karenni resistance fighters killed in clash with Myanmar military

April 14th 2022: Myanmar’s largest cities empty amid call to boycott Thingyan festivities

April 14th 2022: Myanmar’s Army Steps Up the Fight – and Moves to Destroy Whole Communities With the World Distracted by Ukraine

April 14th 2022: Myanmar arrested more writers, intellectuals in 2021 than any other country

April 13th 2022: Ukraine Crisis Prompts China to Swing Behind Myanmar’s Junta

April 13th 2022: Thai soldiers are forcing refugees to return to Myanmar

April 13th 2022: Crony businessman-linked bar in Yangon hit by explosions

April 13th 2022: Myanmar New Year celebrations dampened by protests, boycotts

April 13th 2022: Arakan Army prepares for war against junta

April 12th 2022: Myanmar’s military reportedly suffers heaviest casualties since coup

April 12th 2022: What Is ASEAN?

April 12th 2022: Burma New Year 2022 – Thingyan Festival

April 12th 2022: Efforts to release priest detained by Myanmar junta

April 12th 2022: Myanmar: journalist sentenced under counter terrorism law

April 11th 2022: Sixty Rohingyas arrested in forest in Ayeyarwady Region’s Pathein Township

April 11th 2022: Thai authorities deport desperate migrants from Myanmar

April 11th 2022: Central Bank’s foreign currency control damages import and export industries

April 11th 2022: Digital Government in South-East Asia: Greater Collaboration Needed to Reach Regional Integration

April 11th 2022: Myanmar junta raids cathedral complex in Mandalay

April 10th 2022: Yangon PDFs announce bombing campaign to disrupt Thingyan holiday

April 10th 2022: Japan chief of Myanmar’s shadow gov’t calls for solidarity

April 10th 2022: Orrick Helps State Dept. Rule Rohingya Killings Are Genocide

April 10th 2022: Letter from Southeast Asia: Pttep unlikely to quit Myanmar

April 10th 2022: US drugs trio face charges at home too

April 9th 2022: ‘An entire generation at risk’: Myanmar’s children traumatised after a year of violence

April 9th 2022: NGO warns of Myanmar junta’s increasing use of pro-military militia

April 9th 2022: USAID DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR ISOBEL COLEMAN’S MEETING WITH AUNG MYO MIN, HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER, NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT OF BURMA

April 9th 2022: Armed by Russia, Myanmar’s military is unleashing hell on its people

April 9th 2022: Resistance group clash in Chin State costs lives of five junta soldiers

April 8th 2022: US prosecutors say alleged yakuza boss planned to sell missiles to Myanmar rebels

April 8th 2022: From Myanmar to the EU, the path of a ‘bloodstained’ resource

April 8th 2022: Myanmar junta’s ‘hit and run’ arson attacks leave cut-off villages with no source of help

April 8th 2022: No end in sight for Myanmar’s Karen insurgency

April 8th 2022: Anti-Junta Forces Shoot Deputy Governor of Myanmar’s Central Bank

April 7th 2022: U.S. House lawmakers pass bill to impose sanctions over Myanmar coup

April 7th 2022: Japanese Embassy wants Japanese companies to be exempted from new financial rules

April 7th 2022: Junta plans to bring fire department, Red Cross and Buddhist network into new ‘security force’

April 7th 2022: Smuggled sketches offer glimpses into harsh Myanmar prison

April 7th 2022: Australia stays silent on outcome of meeting with Myanmar coup leader

April 6th 2022: Thousands flee junta raid that torched 250 homes in Myanmar’s Sagaing region

April 6th 2022: UN: Human Rights Council concludes its 49th Session

April 6th 2022: Myanmar orders foreign money held by banks changed to kyats

April 6th 2022: Myanmar prison on lockdown after deadly response to inmate protest

April 6th 2022: China Will Face Rejection From Myanmar People for Working With Junta: Shadow Govt

April 5th 2022: Myanmar’s Military Junta Tightens Control Over Foreign Currency Flows

April 5th 2022: Myanmar diaspora calls for US House of Representatives to pass BURMA Act of 2021

April 5th 2022: More than 2,800 armed clashes in Myanmar over the last 8 months

April 5th 2022: Burma’s opportunity lost

April 5th 2022: China’s Support for Myanmar Further Shows the World Dividing into Autocracy versus Democracy

April 4th 2022: Authorities block UN World Food Programme convoy from reaching IDPs

April 4th 2022: Is 2022 the Year of Genocide? Recent Events at the ICJ Suggest Yes

April 4th 2022: China Pledges Support for Myanmar’s Junta, ‘No Matter How the Situation Changes’

April 4th 2022: Tourists urged to avoid Myanmar as junta prepares to reopen to world

April 4th 2022: Yale Museum turns over 13 artifacts worth $1m as part of art looting investigation linked to antiquities smuggler

April 3rd 2022: Wang Yi Holds Talks with Myanmar’s Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin

April 3rd 2022: Myanmar’s Magway region suffers under military’s March offensive

April 3rd 2022: As coup turns back the clock, many in Myanmar resist a return to ‘old normal’

April 3rd 2022: UN and ASEAN envoys meet to discuss Myanmar crisis

April 3rd 2022: Under Myanmar’s junta, art has become an act of resistance

April 2nd 2022: Illegal online wildlife trade on rise in Myanmar, WWF finds

April 2nd 2022: The World Responsible for Myanmar Becoming Failed State: NUG Minister 

April 2nd 2022: Yankin seven sentenced to seven years in Insein Prison

April 2nd 2022: Peacebuilding is a bargain versus the costs of war

April 2nd 2022: China to back Myanmar ‘no matter how the situation changes’

April 1st 2022: UN special envoy on Myanmar meets with ASEAN counterpart

April 1st 2022: Time to kick out Myanmar’s junta from Asean: Jakarta Post

April 1st 2022: EU imposes sanctions on Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE)

April 1st 2022: For Myanmar’s youth, college becomes another casualty of country’s turmoil

April 1st 2022: Spotlight – Myanmar: March 31, 2022