Myanmar military

May 24, 2022

Military burns houses, destroying villages in northwest Myanmar

An aerial view of burned Bin village in Myanmar's Sagaing region is seen Feb. 3, 2022, after villagers say it was set ablaze by the Myanmar military. the Myanmar military continues to target villages resisting the military junta.

At least 320 of the estimated 350 households in the historic Catholic village of Chaung Yoe were burned during a military raid May 20, local sources told ucanews.com.

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October 20, 2021

Myanmar military arrests seven Caritas workers

Villagers displaced by fighting in eastern Myanmar cross a river in Kayah state June 12, 2021. Myanmar's military has arrested seven workers from the Catholic Church's social arm Caritas (Karuna) who were on a mission to provide aid for internally displaced persons in Kayah.

YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's military has arrested seven workers from the Catholic Church's social arm who were on a mission to provide aid for internally displaced persons in conflict-stricken Kayah state.

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March 15, 2021

U.N. condemns Myanmar bloodshed; cardinal criticizes 'brutality, violence'

People hold candles as they take part in an anti-coup protest in Yangon, Myanmar, March 14, 2021.

YANGON, Myanmar -- The United Nations and human right groups have strongly condemned the worsening bloodshed in Myanmar as at least 38 people were killed in the military's crackdown on protesters March 14.

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March 1, 2021

At least 18 die in Myanmar coup protests

YANGON, Myanmar -- Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon called for patience and tolerance on a day when at least 18 anti-coup protesters were shot dead by Myanmar security forces.

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February 25, 2021

Toronto Catholic activist fears for her family caught in Myanmar military coup

Demonstrators protest in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Feb. 22 in defiance of the military, who have warned of further “loss of life” if people answered a call for a general strike opposing its Feb. 1 coup.

As a general strike swept across Myanmar — three weeks after a Feb. 1 military coup prevented a new, elected government from taking office — a Toronto-based Kachin Catholic activist found herself praying for the safety of her family at home in the Southeast Asian country.

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February 4, 2021

Cardinal appeals for no bloodshed, return to democracy in Myanmar

Myanmar's military checkpoint is seen in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Feb. 1, 2021.

YANGON, Myanmar -- Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon has appealed to the people of Myanmar -- including the army, which staged a coup Feb. 1 -- to remain calm and to work for open lines of communication so democracy can prevail.

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November 16, 2017

Rohingya camp awash in mud… and fear

A severely malnourished child is seen as Rohingya refugees wait to receive aid Sept. 25 at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

More than half the Canadian population thinks the Rohingya crisis, which has created a refugee camp of over 600,000 in the Bangladeshi border town of Cox’s Bazar, is “not Canada’s problem,” according to an Angus Reid Institute poll.

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December 7, 2016

Catholic church bombed as fighting intensifies in northern Myanmar

Displaced Rakhine people who fled fighting eat their meal inside a temporary shelter in late October in Sittwe, Myanmar. Fighting has intensified between the Myanmar military and armed ethnic groups.

MANDALAY, Myanmar – A Catholic church was bombed in the conflict-torn northern Shan state as renewed fighting intensified between the Myanmar military and armed ethnic groups, reported ucanews.com.

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