Myanmar Army

Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on February 1, presides an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
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Myanmar army engaged in torture, mass killings, war crimes - UN

Many victims were shot in the head, burned to death, arrested arbitrarily, tortured, or used as human shields: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Myanmar troops accused of holding children hostage during clashes

A demonstrator gestures near a barricade during a protest against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar March 22, 2021. Photo: Reuters
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Thousands flee air strikes, shelling as fighting erupts in Myanmar

Kaung Thu Win, who said he served as a captain in Myanmar's military before defecting in late December, shows a photograph of himself wearing an army uniform on his mobile phone, during an interview with Reuters at an undisclosed location in northeastern India, January 21, 2022. Picture taken January 21, 2022. REUTERS
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Myanmar army defector recounts heavy losses inflicted by Chin rebels

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington, US, July 16, 2021. Photo: Reuters
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Situation in Myanmar is 'deeply troubling' - Blinken

Refugees, who fled a flare-up in fighting between the Myanmar army and ethnic minority rebels prepare, as they are voluntarily returning across the border to Myanmar, at a pier in Mae Sot district, Tak province, Thailand, December 19, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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UN chief presses Myanmar junta for aid access

Aung Nay Myo, a protest organizer and satirical writer from Myanmar, poses for a photograph at a temporary shelter at an undisclosed location in a town in a country bordering Myanmar, January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
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A year after Myanmar's coup, families of detainees search for answers

Soldiers stand next to military vehicles as people gather to protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 15, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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Myanmar military arrests more journalists in media crackdown

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha meets with the U.N. Secretary-General's special envoy on Myanmar, Noeleen Heyzer at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, January 17, 2022. THAILAND GOVERNMENT HOUSE/Handout via REUTERS
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UN envoy seeks Thai help to halt deterioration of Myanmar crisis

Refugees, who fled a flare-up in fighting between the Myanmar army and ethnic minority rebels prepare, as they are voluntarily returning across the border to Myanmar, at a pier in Mae Sot district, Tak province, Thailand, December 19, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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UN rights envoy urges halt to attacks on Myanmar town as residents trapped

Refugees, who fled a flare-up in fighting between the Myanmar army and ethnic minority rebels prepare, as they are voluntarily returning across the border to Myanmar, at a pier in Mae Sot district, Tak province, Thailand, December 19, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands camp along Thai border river

A slogan is written on a street as a protest after the coup in Yangon, Myanmar February 21, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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Myanmar court jails celebrities who supported democracy protests

About 740,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar's Rakhine state in 2017 after security forces launched a clampdown that the UN has said may amount to genocide. Photo :AFP via Hindustan Times
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Japan business lobbyist backs Myanmar coup, urges investment