The junta, which seized power in February, said it was releasing the prisoners to mark the Lighting Festival, a three-day holiday that begins Tuesday.
Tag: Coups D’Etat and Attempted Coups D’Etat
Who Killed Thomas Sankara? Trial Opens, 34 Years After His Death.
The president of the West African nation of Burkina Faso, an anticolonial leader celebrated across the continent, was assassinated in 1987. Now 14 men, including the president who took his place, are on trial.
‘What Have We Done With Democracy?’ A Decade On, Arab Spring Gains Wither
Tunisia, birthplace of the pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Arab world, now looks to many like a final confirmation of failed promise.
Turkish Philanthropist, Osman Kavala, Goes to Trial
Lawyers and human rights groups denounced the trial as a farcical attempt to prolong the detention of dissidents on trumped-up charges already found to be inadequate.
Intrigue Deepens at U.N. Over Myanmar and Afghanistan
On the final day of the General Assembly’s most important annual gathering, no one is expected to speak for Myanmar, but the envoy of Afghanistan’s ousted government may yet take the podium.
Sudan Leaders Say They Thwarted Coup Attempt by Loyalists of Former Dictator
Government officials blamed the bid on supporters of longtime ruler Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who was overthrown in 2019 by a military takeover prompted by widespread popular protests.
Danny Fenster, U.S. Journalist, Told to Stay in Myanmar Prison
Danny Fenster on Monday was ordered to remain in confinement. The court hearing marked his 120th day in custody after being detained by the junta in May.
Myanmar’s Army Escalates Attacks on a Struggling Resistance
The army has escalated attacks on militias that oppose its rule, driving thousands of people into the hills. A shadow government has called for a nationwide uprising.
Quandary at U.N.: Who Speaks for Myanmar and Afghanistan?
Governments of the two countries have been toppled by pariah regimes. Will they get seats at the world’s biggest diplomatic table anyway?
U.S. Forces Were Training the Guinean Soldiers Who Took Off to Stage a Coup
American military officials have denounced the ouster of a president in West Africa, and said they had no warning of what their students were planning.