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After UN Envoy Warns of 'Bloodbath,' Junta Imposes Internet Blackout Across Myanmar
Protesters make the three-finger salute as copies of the 2008 constitution are burnt during a demonstration against the Myanmar's military coup in Yangon's South Okkalapa township on April 1, 2021. (Photo: STR/AFP via Getty Images)
As Junta Kills Over 100 in Myanmar, UN Expert Says It Is 'Past Time for the World to Respond'
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Medics attend to a protester who was shot and injured by security forces on March 27, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo: Stringer/Getty Images)
"The military celebrated Armed Forces Day by committing mass murder against the people it should be defending," said United Nations special rapporteur Tom Andrews.
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As Myanmar Death Toll Tops 320, UN Expert Warns Crisis Will Worsen Without World's Help
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Demonstrators in Yangon, Myanmar protest the coup regime's killing of a 7-year-old girl in Mandalay, The protest was held on March 24, 2021. (Photo: Stringer/Andalou Agency via Getty Images)
"I fear that the international community has only a short time remaining to act...
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Martial Law Extended in Myanmar After Junta Kills More Than 50 Protesters
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
A pro-democracy protester is wounded during a crackdown by security forces on demonstrations against the military coup in the Hlaingthaya township of Yangon, Myanmar on March 14, 2021. (Photo: STR/AFP via Getty Images)
"Junta leaders don't belong in power, they belong behind bars," said United...
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Family members of slain Myanmar democracy protester Chit Min Thu mourn at the 25-year-old's funeral on March 11, 2021 in Yangon. (Photo: Getty Images)
UN Expert Warns Myanmar Coup Regime Likely Guilty of 'Crimes Against Humanity'
"I knelt down… begging them not to shoot and torture the children, but to shoot me and kill me instead," Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng said of her attempt to dissuade police officers in Myitkyina, Myanmar from shooting people at a pro-democracy demonstration on March 8, 2021. (Photo: Twitter screengrab via Reuters)
'Kill Me Instead': Despite Nun's Pleas, Military Junta Shoots Pro-Democracy Protesters in Myanmar
Anti-coup protesters shout slogans on March 1, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar's military government has intensified a crackdown on protesters in recent days, using tear gas and live ammunition, charging at and arresting protesters and journalists. At least 18 people have been killed so far, according to monitoring organizations. (Photo: Hkun Lat/Getty Images)
UN Leaders Demand Myanmar Coup Regime 'Stop the Repression' as Military and Police Kill 18
Protesters in Mandalay call for an end to the military coup regime and restoration of civilian rule in Myanmar on February 22, 2021. (Photo: Kaung Zak Hein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
'Fight Until We Win': Despite Threat of Deadly Force, Hundreds of Thousands Continue Protests Against Myanmar Coup
Iranian medical personnel cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for an elderly woman who has infected by the new coronavirus disease in a COVID-19 section of the Rasoul-e-Akram hospital in western Tehran at midnight on December 14, 2020. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Citing 'Moral and Public Health Imperative,' Progressive Lawmakers Press Biden on Sanctions Relief
Protesters hold posters during a demonstration against the military coup in Myanmar near the royal palace in Mandalay on February 7, 2021. (Photo: str/AFP via Getty Images)
'We Want Democracy!': Despite Internet Blackout, Tens of Thousands Protest Military Coup in Myanmar
Soldiers stand guard on a blockaded road to Myanmar's parliament in Naypyidaw on February 1, 2021.
'An Ominous Moment': Human Rights Groups Sound Alarm as Military Coup Unfolds in Myanmar
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Six Environmental Heroes Awarded Goldman Prize for 'Taking a Stand, Risking Their Lives and Livelihoods, and Inspiring Us'
The United Nations announced Thursday that at least 75.9 million people were forcibly displaced as of the end of last year. (Photo: Houssam Hariri/UNHCR)
'Unimaginable Double Emergency': Record High of Nearly 80 Million People Forcibly Displaced Worldwide Amid Pandemic
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Watchdog Raises Alarm About 'New Normal' as Hundreds of Journalists Worldwide Jailed for Doing Their Jobs
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