Myanmar Military Blocks Internet During Coup

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Myanmar Times newspaper with the headline 'State of Emergency' among other newspapers for sale are seen on display a day after the Myanmar's military detained the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's president in a coup. © (Photo by Aung Kyaw Htet / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images) This is not the first time Myanmar’s military leaders have rounded up civilian leaders and taken power. But this time, bad old habits have come with new rights abuses. Myanmar’s military began detaining senior government officials and activists across…

Read complete article

~	Lebanon: Ministerial Decision Advances Justice

~	A new dash for copper is underway – how will it play out? Expert Q&A

~	Global: UN Special Rapporteur is right to raise human rights concerns about carbon markets

~	On X, Elon Musk pushes a campaign against a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice

~	US Universities Should Respect Right to Protest

~	Burkina Faso: UN rights office deeply alarmed at reported killing of 220 villagers

~	A new dash for copper is underway - how will it play out? Expert Q&A

~	Why does it feel so cold in the UK right now – and when will it warm up?

~	Artificial sweetener could harm your gut and the microbes that live there – new study

~	Gaza war: ‘no evidence’ of Hamas infiltration of UN aid agency, says report – but US and UK dither on funding while famine takes hold