Tag: junta
Thailand votes: opposition could replace military junta
questions and answers After coup and military government: On Sunday there will be elections in Thailand Thailand’s current prime minister, General Prayut Chan-O-Cha, seized power in 2014. Nevertheless, the supporters…
ASEAN Summit: Human rights activists call for more pressure on Myanmar’s junta
Asean Summit Human rights activists call for more pressure on Myanmar’s junta Flags outside the main hall of the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. photo © Bay Ismoyo/Pool…
Due to tensions with the junta, Berlin confirms the withdrawal of its troops by May 2024
Berlin in turn chooses to leave Mali. The German government on Wednesday endorsed the withdrawal by May 2024 of its troops engaged in the Minusma blue helmets mission due to…
Myanmar’s military junta pardons 2,000 political prisoners
Status: 05/03/2023 10:21 a.m The military junta in Myanmar has announced that it will release more than 2,000 political prisoners. The occasion is a Buddhist holiday. The visit of the…
Myanmar New Year: Junta pardons more than 3,000 prisoners
Status: 04/17/2023 10:21 a.m On the occasion of the Buddhist New Year, the military junta in Myanmar announced that it would pardon more than 3,000 detainees. It is unclear whether…
Myanmar: Junta stands by devastating airstrike
Status: 04/12/2023 11:28 am Up to 100 people are said to have been killed in an airstrike in Myanmar. Apparently including children. The junta acknowledged the attack, and UN Secretary-General…
Myanmar: Dozens of civilians killed in military junta airstrike
Devastating air raid Military junta in Myanmar attacks village – up to 100 dead and many injured in air attack Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is the head of the…
Military: Junta in Myanmar dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi’s party
Military Junta in Myanmar dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi’s party The Nobel Peace Prize winner was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for various alleged offenses and is…
Myanmar: Military junta dissolves Suu Kyi’s party
Status: 03/28/2023 5:55 p.m In the 2021 coup in Myanmar, the government under Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi was overthrown – now the military junta is dissolving the then…
In Burkina Faso, the junta orders the suspension of the broadcast of France 24
After Mali, it is Burkina Faso which no longer wants to broadcast France 24. The ruling junta on Monday ordered the “sine die” suspension of the broadcasting of the French…