Social media has been crucial to pro-democracy protests across the region, from Myanmar to the Milk Tea Alliance in Thailand and Hong Kong When Thai journalist and free speech defender Pravit ...

On June 14, Cape Diamond, a journalist covering Myanmar for global media outlets, posted a link to a Human Rights Watch report covering abuses by the country’s military. Within hours, there were more ...

The UN Security Council on Friday again demanded the restoration of democracy in Myanmar and the release of all detainees including elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as it threw its weight behind calls ...

Young activists are risking arrest and using technology to ensure that their campaign for democracy continues in the face of a military clampdown on the internet. Thinzar Shunlei Yi is one of the few ...

In the early hours of Feb. 1, Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup that has ignited months of mass protests. The military junta’s security forces have since killed more than 550 civilians in ...

This post was originally published in Chinese on the Stand News on February 25, 2021. The English version is published on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement with the Stand News. A ...

The military junta has deployed extra troops and armored vehicles around key protest locations across Myanmar. Aung San Suu Kyi's detention was extended until Wednesday, instead of Monday as ...

SINGAPORE (REUTERS) - The new military rulers of Myanmar on Friday (Feb 5) ordered mobile operators and Internet service providers to block access to Twitter and Instagram in the country until ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Since Myanmar's new military rulers imposed a temporary blockade on Facebook on Thursday, thousands in the Southeast Asian country have joined Twitter, according to app downloads ...