Meanwhile, citizens across Myanmar have of course staged a silent strike in protest against the current military government highways shopping areas, and also marketplaces across Myanmar's Yangon were completely deserted during the strike.

Myanmar citizens stage silent protests

Protesters have destroyed around a dozen military-owned communications towers in Myanmar, witnesses and reports said Wednesday, after the country's self-proclaimed shadow government issued a call for a "defensive war" against the junta.

Myanmar cell towers attacked after shadow government 'war' call

The United Nations on Friday warned that half of the population of Myanmar could be living in poverty next year due to the pandemic and political turmoil that began with the coup.

Half of Myanmar's population could face poverty due to pandemic, coup: UN

As the number of casualties by Myanmar's military coup is alarmingly increasing, the US State Department has ordered its non-essential diplomats in Myanmar to return to the US.

US orders non-essential diplomats in Myanmar to return: State Department

After months of continuous protests and alarmingly increasing reports of diminishing human rights due to the military coup, the UK has urged its citizens to flee Myanmar.

UK urges citizens to flee Myanmar immediately for safety

At least one woman was shot and wounded, and hundreds of people were arrested as police launched their most sweeping crackdown in three weeks of protests against military rule on Saturday in towns and cities across Myanmar.

One woman shot and wounded in Myanmar police's crackdown on protests

A week after the military coup in the country, several thousand people came out on the streets in Myanmar demanding the release of leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Watch: Reports said at least a thousand people turned up at a park in Yangon to begin the third day of protests against the military regime demanding return to democracy.

Protests erupt in Myanmar for third consecutive day against military coup

A few days after the military coup in Myanmar and detainment of several senior leaders, Pope Francis has intervened and urged the Myanmar military to release the detained leaders.

Pope Francis urges Myanmar military to immediately release detained leaders

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