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Myanmar military junta releases 6,000 prisoners, over 7,000 still languishing in jails

The military junta of Myanmar has imprisoned around 16,232 people of which 13,015 still remained in confined before Thursday's mass reprieve

Myanmar: Bomb blasts outside Yangon prison kill eight, 18 injured

The bombs hit a crowd queuing to drop off parcels for inmates at Insein Prison, an information team for the country's junta authorities said in a statement, without specifying exactly how many explosions had occurred

Three feared dead as Myanmar army truck mows down anti-government protesters in Yangon

A worker for a local emergency rescue team said two men and a woman in their early 20s were brought to a military hospital for treatment

Myanmar junta charges Aung San Suu Kyi with fraud during 2020 polls, reports State media

Myanmar has been in turmoil since a military coup in February sparked nationwide protests and a deadly crackdown on dissent

Myanmar junta hits Aung San Suu Kyi with graft charges; her lawyer dismisses corruption claims as 'absurd'

The latest charges relate to allegations by the former Yangon region chief minister that Suu Kyi illegally accepted $600,000 in cash and around 11 kilograms of gold from him

Six rebels killed by Myanmar military, say anti-junta defence force; US, UK condemn ‘illegal’ attacks

At least 796 people have been killed by security forces since the 1 February coup while nearly 4,000 people are behind bars, according to a local monitoring group

Myanmar coup: Three protesters killed in Yangon as junta deploys increasing force; over 70 dead so far, says UN

Despite the crackdown, thousands have continued to gather to call for the release of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi — who was detained in the 1 February coup — and a return to democracy

India terms social media reports about its role in deliberations on Myanmar coup in UNSC as 'mischievous'

Stating that India's position on the Myanmar issue is well-known and has been clearly articulated, the Embassy of India in Yangon said in a tweet on Wednesday that the UNSC is seized of the matter and the one should wait for the outcome

Myanmar crisis deepens as police round-up hundreds of protesters; labour unions call for strike on Monday

Protests on Sunday including in the two biggest cities of Yangon and Mandalay were met with the use of force by police firing warning shots, and variously employing tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades

Fresh violence in Myanmar after another anti-coup protester shot dead; UN envoy appeals for swift action

On Friday, police also fired tear gas at demonstrators in the city of Dawei, while protesters in the commercial capital of Yangon were defiant despite the danger