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Yangon, Feb 25 (EFE/EPA).- At least eight people have been killed in Myanmar, including three shot by police, due to violence after the coup on Feb. 1, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.(Camera: LYNN BOBO)SHOT LIST: PROTESTS AGAINST THE COUP IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
During a UN press briefing, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk, says that countries with "influence" on the Myanmar military must do all they can to protect "all civilians in the Rakhine State and prevent another episode of horrendous persecution of the Rohingya." SOUNDBITE
The spokeswoman for Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, says that violence is escalating across Myanmar, warning that the country has plunged into a "human rights catastrophe" since the February 1 coup. IMAGES
Yangon, Apr 27 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar’s military junta said Tuesday it will only fulfill the five points of consensus reached with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), including the end of violence against civilians, when the country "returns to stability."In a statement published Tuesday by the ruling New Light of Myanmar newspaper, the military junta said it will "carefully consider the suggestions" of ASEAN leaders "when stability returns to the country," as current priorities are "to maintain stability, law and order, and reestablishing "community peace and tranquility."Likewise, the junta said it told ASEAN leaders the "suggestions will be considered positively," if the application of the five agreed points of consensus "serves the interests of the country." (Camera: STRINGER)SHOT LIST: PEOPLE PROTESTING AGAINST MILITARY COUP IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Mandalay, Apr 6 (EFE/EPA).- Protests against military coup continued Tuesday around Myanmar, despite the violence of security forces and restricted internet connectivity. The Myanmar military seized power alleging electoral fraud in the elections in November, which were won by Suu Kyi's party and declared legitimate by international observers. (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIST: MYANMAR PEOPLE TAKE TO THE STREETS ON TUESDAY APRIL, 6, IN MANDALAY TO PROTEST MILITARY COUP.
Bangkok, Apr 1 (EFE).- The special representative of Myanmar’s deposed civilian government called Thursday for a foreign military intervention in Myanmar to stop the violence of the military junta, which has killed more than 530 civilians, including children, since the Feb. 1 coup.In an interview with EFE, Htin Linn Aung said foreign military intervention is the only way to stop the killings of civilians while advocating the creation of a federal army with ethnic minorities and avoiding considering the persecuted Rohingya as citizens. (Camera: GASPAR RUIZ-CANELA).SHOT LIST: AN EFE INTERVIEW WITH HTIN LINN AUNG, A SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF MYANMAR’S DEPOSED CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT (IN ENGLISH).
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