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People gather and wait outside Insein prison in Yangon with hopes of seeing their loved ones Sunday after Myanmar's junta said it would release over 1,600 prisoners from jails across the country to mark the Buddhist new year. IMAGES
Cox's Bazar, Jul 15 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar's military junta has rejected a recent United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on the plight of the persecuted Rohingya minority, which is not recognized by the country's authorities.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, controlled by the junta since the Feb. 1 coup, said in a statement that the resolution is based "on false information and one-sided allegations," the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday.It added that the "so-called 'Rohingya' … has never been recognized as the ethnic nationality by Myanmar." (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS ROHINGYA REFUGEES AT COX'BAZAR REFUGEE CAMP IN BANGLADESH AND ROHINGYA REFUGEES RESCUED AT SEA.
Yangon, Jul 14 (EFE/EPA).- Faced with the constant danger of being detained or even tortured, Myanmar journalists live in a state of stress and trauma under the military junta that has governed since the Feb. 1 coup. "I feel depressed, stressed and mentally exhausted after the violence and difficulties," Kaung, a Myanmar photojournalist who has covered the anti-coup protests violently repressed by Myanmar forces, told EFE. (Camera: STRINGER). B-ROLL OF THE PROTEST IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Yangon, Jul 2 (EFE/EPA).-Poets, writers, film directors and actors are some of the "voices of the revolution" that Myanmar's military junta has attempted to silence by sending them to prison and, in some cases, to the grave. (Camera: STRINGER)SHOT LIST: PROTESTS AGINST THE MILITARY COUP IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Sittwe, May 18 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar junta has announced that starting from 3 May 2021 people will be welcomed to open new bank accounts, which will allow for unlimited cash withdrawals while limits on existing bank accounts will remain in place. (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE WAIT AT THE GLOBAL TREASURE BANK TO WITHDRAW CASH IN SITTWE, RAKHINE, MYANMAR.
Yangon, Apr 17 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar military junta on Saturday released over 20,000 prisoners across the country to mark the traditional new year in Myanmar. (Camera: STRINGER) SHOT LIST: RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WAIT OUTSIDE THE INSEIN PRISON IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
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