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Former American diplomat Bill Richardson says he wasn't acting for the United States government when he secured the release of journalist Danny Fenster from a Myanmar jail. "I don't work for the US government. I was not an emissary," Richardson tells reporters after landing at New York's JFK airport with 37-year-old Fenster, who was freed Monday. [COMPLETES VIDI9RR4WQ_EN and VIDI9RR4MQ_EN] SOUNDBITE
Mandalay, May 26 (EFE/EPA).- At least 73 children have died in Myanmar due to brutal repression by the security forces against any hint of opposition after the military coup on Feb. 1, the dissident National Unity Government (NUG) denounced on Wednesday.The deaths of 63 boys, nine girls and one minor of unidentified gender were recorded between Feb. 15 and May 15, said the self-proclaimed democratic government, made up of activists and politicians elected during the November elections, whose result is not recognized by the Myanmar military. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Mandalay, May 8 (EFE/EPA).- Protests against the military coup continued Saturday in Mandalay after Myanmar's junta denied a visit by a special envoy from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) until it establishes stability and security, a military spokesperson said. (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIST: PROTEST AGAINST THE MILITARY COUP IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Mandalay, Apr 7 (EFE/EPA).- The legal team of the self-styled "legitimate government" of Myanmar will meet Wednesday with United Nations investigators to present 180,000 proof of the abuses committed by the army since the Feb. 1 military coup. (Camera: STRINGER)SHOT LIST: PROTESTS IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Yangon, Apr 1 (EFE/EPA).- The United Nations' special envoy on Myanmar warned the body's Security Council on Wednesday that a "bloodbath is imminent" in the Southeast Asian nation if the 15 members fail to take action against its military junta."Consider all available tools to take collective action and do what is right, what the people of Myanmar deserve and prevent a multi-dimensional catastrophe in the heart of Asia," envoy Christine Schraner Burgener said in a speech obtained by Efe before the closed-door meeting.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF FUNERALS OF VICTIMS OF THE MILITARY AND B-ROLL OF PROTESTS IN MYANMAR.
Sittwe, Feb 3 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar, where the military staged a coup, lifted internet restrictions imposed in part of Rakhine and Chin states (west) since 2019, ending the longest internet blackout in the world, residents said Wednesday.Residents in Rakhine, the home of the Rohingya ethnic minority, told EFE the signal was restored at about midnight Tuesday a day after armed forces ousted the civilian government. The army in the area is waging an armed conflict with guerrillas of the Rakhine minority.The decision was made after Army Chief Min Aung Hlaing grabbed power Monday after detaining the country's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and other members of her government. (Camera: STRINGER).B-ROLL OF SITTWE, RAKHINE STATE, WESTERN MYANMAR.
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