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US, allies concerned over Myanmar disbanding Suu Kyi party

The United States, Britain, Japan and Australia on Wednesday expressed their concern over the dissolution of Myanmar's former ruling party and urged a more inclusive process to return the country to democracy.

Reuters

Aung San Suu Kyi’s party disbanded by Myanmar authorities ahead of election

The political party led by the ousted leader won a landslide victory in the November 2020 general election

The Independent UK

Myanmar junta dissolves ex-ruling party as election deadline passes

The ousted ruling party of Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was among 40 political parties dissolved on Tuesday, after they failed to meet a registration deadline for an election set to perpetuate the military's political dominance.

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Suu Kyi's party dissolved

Myanmar’s election commission announced on Tuesday that the National League for Democracy (NLD) party would be dissolved for failing to re-register under a tough new military-drafted electoral law.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar military dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD party

NLD led by Suu Kyi among 40 parties dissolved after failing to meet registration deadline, according to state TV.

Al Jazeera

Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party dissolved

Party refuses to comply with tough new registration law proposed by military junta

The Guardian - UK

New Myanmar sanctions imposed as anti-coup activists plan action

US and allies target aviation fuel on second anniversary of coup amid growing concern over military’s use of airpower.

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Myanmar army set to cement rule with tough new election criteria

Myanmar's ruling junta on Friday announced tough requirements for parties to contest an election this year, including a huge increase in their membership, a move that could sideline the military's opponents and cement its grip on politics.

Reuters

No International-backed End in Sight to the Misery in Myanmar

The most likely outcome in Myanmar is that longstanding hesitation about entanglement in a wider war will discourage foreign players from taking more aggressive, interventionist approaches.

The News Lens

Did China deliver a snub to Myanmar’s military regime?

Observers see China keeping Myanmar’s generals at a distance by not responding to Lancang-Mekong Cooperation invite.

Al Jazeera

Defiance in Myanmar even as executions prompt fears for detained

More than 70 political prisoners are on death row and analysts fear a desperate military regime could step up killings.

Al Jazeera

France condemns execution of four political prisoners in Myanmar

France on Monday "strongly condemned" the execution of four political prisoners in Myanmar, calling the killings "a major regression" for the country's military regime. It is the Asian country's first use of capital punishment in decades.

Radio France Internationale

Pleas for help as Myanmar awaits high-profile executions

The wife of pro-democracy figure Kyaw Min Yu, sentenced to be executed on the orders of Myanmar's ruling generals, says that if her husband dies he will take with him the beliefs he has carried throughout a life spent fighting dictatorship.

Reuters

Shadowy pro-military militias target Myanmar’s anti-coup movement

Lawmakers, activists killed amid concern over tit-for-tat retaliatory violence spiralling out of control.

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What is the North London Derby? When it's on and how to watch

The North London Derby 2022 is being billed as the biggest in decades as Tottenham and Arsenal look to make their largest statements yet in their respective comebacks

Football London

'Absolute joke!' - Arsenal fans fume at Premier League's Mike Dean North London Derby decision

Mike Dean is on VAR duty for the upcoming North London Derby, a decision that has not gone down well with the Arsenal faithful

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of children detained by the Myanmar military, minister says

Whereabouts of children taken by the military since the 2021 coup are mostly unknown, according to Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe

Bangkok Post

Myanmar junta chief said Asean envoy can meet Suu Kyi party members - Cambodia

Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing agreed to arrange for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party on a future visit, a senior Cambodian official said on Monday.

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Myanmar junta chief said ASEAN envoy can meet Suu Kyi party members - Cambodian minister

Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing agreed to arrange for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party on a future visit, a senior Cambodian official said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar's crisis and emerging traps

Today is the first anniversary of the Feb 1 seizure of power by the Tatmadaw in Nay Pyi Taw. Over the past 12 months, the overall situation in Myanmar has gone into a downward spiral and all the progress and positive developments made since 2011, when the country proudly opened…

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Myanmar's year of turmoil since a military coup

Myanmar's military seized power in a coup on Feb. 1 last year, citing unaddressed fraud in an election three months earlier won in a landslide by Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar’s military turns to Buddhism in bid for legitimacy

Generals court country’s monks to try and win support in an environment where ‘almost everybody hates them’.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar sentences lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party to death

Military court finds NLD’s Phyo Zeyar Thaw and activist Kyaw Min Yu guilty of terrorism in harshest sentences since coup

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