The military has ordered oxygen withheld from private clinics and even stopped charities from giving it away, medical workers and others say.
Tag: Coups D’Etat and Attempted Coups D’Etat
In Haiti, Biden Faces an All Too Familiar Dilemma
Time and again, the world has found that propping up failing states is compelling in the short term and potentially disastrous in the long term.
Danger Awaited in Myanmar. So He Made a Daring Bid to Stay in Japan.
After defying Myanmar’s military rulers at a soccer match, Ko Pyae Lyan Aung decided to seek asylum. But he was being watched.
Tran Thien Khiem, 95, Dies; a Power in South Vietnam Before Its Fall
For six years he was the nation’s second in command, a master of political intrigue who had plotted and thwarted coups before fleeing the Communist victory in 1975.
Virus Surges in Myanmar After Coup
With doctors and other health care workers already on strike to protest the coup, Myanmar’s health care system may buckle under the outbreak.
Confident in Its Impunity, the Myanmar Junta Ignores Diplomacy
The generals who seized power five months ago have shown no inclination to heed international pleas to reverse themselves, even as Myanmar slides into a failed state.
In Myanmar, Health Care’s Collapse Takes Its Own Toll
Since the February coup, many physicians have refused to work at state-run hospitals. “I will never blame the doctors,” said a patient whose treatment stopped.
Turkey Claims to Have ‘Captured’ Cleric’s Relative in Kenya
The removal of a Turkish citizen from his home in Kenya is part of the crackdown by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on those he sees as connected to a failed 2016 coup.
Where Myanmar Sends Its Political Prisoners
For 134 years, Insein Prison has stood as a monument to brutality. Since the Feb. 1 coup, journalists, elected leaders and pro-democracy protesters have been held in the aging facility.
Military Ousts Civilian Leaders in Mali
The interim president and prime minister, appointed to oversee preparations for elections next year, were detained. Nine months ago, another coup toppled the previous president.