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Myanmar nationals living in Thailand hold candle light during protest in front of Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. The military announced Monday that it will take power for one year, accusing Suu Kyi's government of not investigating allegations of voter fraud in recent elections. Suu Kyi's party swept that vote and the military-backed party did poorly. The state Election Commission has refuted the allegations. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

UN backs democracy in Myanmar and urges release of detainees

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2015, file photo, armed ethnic leaders, from left; Khun Myint Tun of the Pa-O Nationalities Liberation Organization, Saw Lah Pwe of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army, Ywet Sit of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-south and Mutu Say Po, chairman of the Karen National Union prepare to sign on documents during the signing ceremony of &quot;Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement&quot; at Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. The future of the Myanmar’s already-fragile peace process between the military, ethnic armed groups and militias is in question as the military regains control of the country after the Feb. 1, 2021 coup. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

Efforts to end Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts shaken by coup

By VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

Pedestrians pass by a graffiti reading as &quot;don't want dictatorship&quot; in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2021. Myanmar's new military government has blocked access to Facebook as resistance to Monday's coup surged amid calls for civil disobedience to protest the ousting of the elected civilian government and its leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (AP Photo)

Myanmar blocks Facebook as resistance grows to coup

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In this Jan. 27, 2021, file photo, Health workers wait to receive the Covishield COVID-19 vaccine at the Ayeyarwaddy COVID treatment center in Yangon, Myanmar. Medical workers across Myanmar have begun a civil disobedience protest against Monday, Feb. 1, 2021's coup, pinning red ribbons and declaring they won’t work for the military government.(AP Photo/Thein Zaw, File)

Health workers start anti-coup protests in virus-hit Myanmar

By VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

Residents view and listen from their balcony during a noise barrage campaign in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Scores of people in Myanmar’s largest city honked car horns and banged on pots and pans Tuesday in the first known public resistance to the coup led a day earlier by the country’s military. (AP Photo)

Myanmar charges Suu Kyi, giving legal basis to detain her

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FILE - In this April 24, 2019, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The military coup on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 deposed national leader Aung San Suu Kyi a little over a year after Chinese President Xi Jinping made a show of support to her with the first visit by a head of state from Beijing to Myanmar since 2001 and 33 agreements on a wide range of issues. (Fred Dufour/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Coup a further complication for tricky Myanmar-China ties

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands. After Myanmar’s military staged a coup Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, Aung San Suu Kyi finds herself back under house arrest. But this time, her standoff with the generals comes after she has sorely disappointed many once-staunch supporters in the international community. (AP photo/Peter DeJong, File)

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi detained again — without her old support

By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Police officers detain a man during protest after Alexei Navalny was sentenced to a jail term, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. A Moscow court has ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison for more than 2 1/2 years on charges that he violated the terms of his probation while he was recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning. Navalny, who is the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, had earlier denounced the proceedings as a vain attempt by the Kremlin to scare millions of Russians into submission. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Alexei Navalny-Russia protests, Myanmar coup test Biden human rights push

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Myanmar's military stand guard at a checkpoint manned with an armored vehicle in a road leading to the parliament building Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. A day after Myanmar's military staged a coup, Aung San Suu Kyi finds herself back under house arrest. But this time, her standoff with the generals comes after she has sorely disappointed many once-staunch supporters in the international community. (AP Photo)

Biden admin. declares ‘coup’ in Myanmar, throwing U.S. aid into question

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Jan. 16, 2018 file photo, a Rohingya Muslim offers afternoon prayers at a make shift Mosque at Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's bazar, Bangladesh. Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in camps in Bangladesh are condemning the military coup in their homeland and saying it makes them more fearful to return. A brutal counterinsurgency operation by Myanmar’s military in 2017 drove more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to neighboring Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Rohingya refugees fear returning to Myanmar after coup

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Soldiers stand guard near an intersection Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Hundreds of members of Myanmar's Parliament remained confined inside their government housing in the country's capital on Tuesday, a day after the military staged a coup and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (AP Photo)

UN Security Council takes no action on coup in Myanmar

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

A newspaper seller points at a front-page of a newspaper in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Hundreds of members of Myanmar's Parliament remained confined inside their government housing in the country's capital on Tuesday, a day after the military staged a coup and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

EXPLAINER: Myanmar, Burma and why the different names matter

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Soldiers sit inside trucks parked on a road in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Myanmar military television said Monday that the military was taking control of the country for one year, while reports said many of the country's senior politicians including Aung San Suu Kyi had been detained. (AP Photo)

China cautious as Myanmar coup leaders declare ‘1-year state of emergency’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses judges of the International Court of Justice for the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands. Myanmar's military has taken control of the country under a one-year state of emergency and reports say State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and other government leaders have been detained. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Joe Biden threatens sanctions on Myanmar over military coup

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2017, file photo, Myanmar's Vice President Myint Swe, left, sits with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, right, and then President Htin Kyaw, for a photo session after the second anniversary of the signing of nationwide ceasefire agreement at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Myanmar military television said Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 that the military was taking control of the country for one year, while reports said many of the country’s senior politicians including Suu Kyi had been detained. The military TV report said Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing would be in charge of the country, while Myint Swe would be elevated to acting president. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

A decade after junta’s end, Myanmar military back in control

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 24, 2017, file photo, Myanmar's Vice President Myint Swe, right, smiles while sitting with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, left, and then President Htin Kyaw during a photo session after the second session of the 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Myanmar military television said Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 that the military was taking control of the country for one year, while reports said many of the country’s senior politicians including Suu Kyi had been detained. The military TV report said Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing would be in charge of the country, while Myint Swe would be elevated to acting president. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

EXPLAINER: Why did the military stage a coup in Myanmar?

By VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2020, file photo, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi casts her ballot during advance voting at the Union Election Commission office in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Reports says Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 a military coup has taken place in Myanmar and Suu Kyi has been detained under house arrest. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

Key events in Myanmar, long under military rule

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2020, file photo, Myanmar military Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing leaves a polling station after voting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. A military coup was taking place in Myanmar early Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was detained under house arrest, reports said, as communications were cut to the capital. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

The Latest: Myanmar shuts down all flights in country

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In this Dec. 17, 2019, file photo, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a joint press conference with Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Reports says Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, a military coup has taken place in Myanmar and Suu Kyi has been detained under house arrest. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

Aung San Suu Kyi detained in Myanmar coup: Report

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Rohingya refugees board a naval ship to be transported to an isolated island in the Bay of Bengal, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. Officials in Bangladesh sent a second group of Rohingya refugees to the island on Monday despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process. The Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement that more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees left Cox’s Bazar voluntarily under government management. Authorities say the refugees were selected for relocation based on their willingness, and that no pressure was applied on them. But several human rights and activist groups say some refugees have been forced to go to the island, located 21 miles (34 kilometers) from the mainland. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Bangladesh sends 3rd group of Rohingya refugees to island

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press