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This Time, Rights Groups Might Be Less Willing To Champion Aung San Suu Kyi

Members of the Burmese-American community hold a demonstration outside the Office of the Consulate General of Myanmar in Los Angeles in April. Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption

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This Time, Rights Groups Might Be Less Willing To Champion Aung San Suu Kyi

June 20, 2021 • Myanmar's ousted leader, once an icon of freedom, faces the prospect of another prolonged detention. But her handling of atrocities against the Rohingya has left her reputation abroad in tatters.

U.N. Official Warns Of 'Bloodbath' In Myanmar If Coup Isn't Reversed

Protesters, wearing red makeup to simulate tears of blood, making the three-finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup in Hlaing Township, Yangon, Myanmar, on Thursday in a photo taken from a screenshot from AFPTV video. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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U.N. Official Warns Of 'Bloodbath' In Myanmar If Coup Isn't Reversed

April 1, 2021 • The remarks by Myanmar special envoy Christine Schraner Burgener during a closed-door session of the U.N. Security Council come as new fighting rages between the army and ethnic insurgents.

'Spirit To Fight': Inside The Labor, Minority Rights Roots Of Myanmar's Protests

Protesters block a major road during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on Feb. 17. Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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'Spirit To Fight': Inside The Labor, Minority Rights Roots Of Myanmar's Protests

March 23, 2021 • Many of those who led the first protests against Myanmar's coup were minority rights activists, garment workers, student groups and others who had butted heads with Aung San Suu Kyi and her party.

More Protesters Killed As Myanmar's Junta Intensifies Crackdown On Dissent

Protesters take cover behind makeshift barricades during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon's Thaketa township on Friday. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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More Protesters Killed As Myanmar's Junta Intensifies Crackdown On Dissent

March 19, 2021 • Security forces in Myanmar reportedly shot and killed nine anti-junta protesters on Friday, bringing the number killed in six weeks of post-coup unrest in the Southeast Asian country to well over 200.