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Mandalay, Apr 15 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar security forces opened fire Thursday at a demonstration of medical personnel in Mandalay and detained about 20 people in a new day of protests against the military junta that seized power during the Feb. 1 coup, the local press reported. According to data from the Association for the Assistance of Political Prisoners, at least 714 people have died due to the military repression, while more than 3,000 people have been detained, including the leader of the deposed government Aung San Suu Kyi.The Myanmar Army justifies the coup on alleged electoral fraud in November’s elections, in which Suu Kyi's party won a landslide victory, as it did in 2015, with the endorsement of international observers. (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: A FUNERAL OF A MUSLIM MAN KILLED DURING ANTI-COUP PROTESTS IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Myanmar's junta pardoned more than 2,000 political prisoners to mark a Buddhist holiday, with families rushing to prisons for tearful reunions with loved ones jailed in a sweeping crackdown on dissent. IMAGES
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
Yangon, Aug 18 (EFE).- More than 1,000 people have lost their lives in the brutal repression by the authorities since the military coup on Feb.1, the nonprofit Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) told EFE Wednesday.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE. SHOT LIST: PROTESTS AGAINST THE COUP AND ELECTIONS IN MYANMAR.
Yangon, Jun 28 (EFE/EPA).- Clashes that have erupted across Myanmar in response to the coup on Feb. 1 have plunged the country into chaos and left hundreds dead and tens of thousands displaced, a nonprofit specialized in preventing and resolving conflicts warned on Monday.In a report, Crisis Group highlights the Myanmar military's (known as the Tatmadaw) "heavy-handed, indiscriminate retaliation" to armed civilian groups which, using homemade weapons and hunting rifles, have caused "significant casualties on the security forces."The security forces have used heavy artillery, airstrikes and helicopter gunships "in indiscriminate attacks on populated areas" in various regions of the country, including the western town of Mindat in Chin state and towns in the eastern Kayin state. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE SITUATION IN YANGON, MYANMAR, AFTER MILITARY COUP.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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