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Yangon, Oct 19 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar military rulers Tuesday released hundreds of people from prisons, months after the junta jailed them for demanding restoration of democracy following the ouster of a civilian government and seizure of power in an army coup on Feb.1Military dictator General Min Aung Hlaing had announced a general amnesty for thousands of protesters on Monday.The process to set free more jailed protesters will continue on Wednesday. (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WAIT FOR THE RELEASE OF PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS FROM THE PRISON IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Seoul, Apr 5 (EFE/EPA).- Heads of Myanmar pro-democracy organizations in South Korea on Mondayspeak about the current situation in Myanmar during a press conference for foreign media in Seoul. Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN). SHOT LIST: SOE MOE THU, CHAIRMAN OF THE MYANMAR WORKER WELFARE CENTER IN KOREA, CHUNG BEUM-RAE, FOUNDER AND LEADER OF A MYANMAR DEMOCRACY NETWORK IN KOREA, AND YAN NAING TUN, CHAIRMAN OF THE NLD UNIFICATION COMMITTEE - KOREA BRANCH, SPEAK ABOUT THE CURRENT SITUATION IN MYANMAR DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE FOR FOREIGN MEDIA IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Streets in Yangon are empty as Myanmar marks the second anniversary of the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's government. Activists called for people across the country to close businesses and stay indoors from 10 am (0330 GMT) to 4 pm. Roads leading to the famous Shwedagon pagoda -- a Buddhist shrine that dominates Yangon's skyline and is usually thronged by worshippers -- were largely deserted. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military's power grab and bloody crackdown on dissent, which has sparked fighting across swathes of the country and tanked the economy. IMAGES
Sittwe (Myanmar), May 25 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Stringer) "Some conservative monks do not want democracy. They believe that Buddhism is going to be lost," says Vijjo, a Buddhist bonzo, describing the division among religious in the face of the February 1 coup in Myanmar.FOOTAGE OF CONSERVATIVE MONKS IN SITTWE, MYANMAR
Mandalay, Apr 11 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar security forces have killed at least 82 anti-coup protesters in a daylong violent crackdown in Bago city near Yangon, a monitoring group said Sunday.The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said that Bago became a "killing field" Friday in a “dawn to dusk" clampdown on the protesters in the city, about 70 km (43 miles) northeast of Yangon.The group warned that the casualty figures were "likely much higher." (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: ANTI-MILITARY COUP PROTEST IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Mandalay, Apr 1 (EFE/EPA). Myanmar's military junta has declared a month-long unilateral ceasefire with ethnic armed groups as at least 20 soldiers were killed in a clash with the Kachin Independence Army and a UN envoy warned of the possibility of "civil war at an unprecedented scale." (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIST: PROTESTS IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
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