As the military built its case against expelled elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar faced growing isolation on Thursday, with internet services being increasingly scarce and the country’s last private newspaper ceasing publication. Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, was detained and overthrown in a military coup on Feb. 1, sparking nationwide protests …
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Myanmar protest: military assures new election after protesters blocked train services
On Tuesday, the military junta in Myanmar guaranteed that it will hold an election and hand over power, denied that the ouster of an elected government was a coup or that its leaders had been arrested, and accused demonstrators of violence and coercion. According to Reuters, the junta’s defence of its Feb. 1 takeover of …