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The Coup General’s “Performance” Over Five Years and the Realization of a Presidential Dream
By Kyawt Maung It is an open secret known to all that the February 1, 2021, military coup was driven by the lust for power and the presidential ambitions of military leader Min Aung Hlaing. Today, that secret has been officially and clearly documented. In the Union Parliament, born out of an election held by…
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Political Prisoners Undergoing Treatment at Insein Prison Hospital Beaten Without Provocation
March 29, 2026 | Burma Independent Voice Political prisoners receiving medical treatment at Insein Prison Hospital were physically assaulted and verbally abused by a responsible police official, sources close to the victims told BIV. On March 12, during an inspection of the Guard Ward at Insein Prison Hospital, the Insein Township Police Commander physically assaulted…
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New Research Uncovers Biological Link Between Stress and Alcohol Addiction
Burma Independent Voice A research team led by Dr. Jun Wang from the Texas A&M University School of Medicine has discovered a biological answer to a long-standing question: why do people reflexively turn to alcohol when faced with stress? The study identified a direct neural pathway between the brain’s “emergency bell” (the Central Amygdala or…
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Coup Leader Min Aung Hlaing’s Speech to the Military Riddled with Factual Inaccuracies
March 28, 2026 | Burma Independent Voice (Fact Check) During the military parade held on March 27, 2026, coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing delivered a speech defending the 2021 coup as being in accordance with the law. He further claimed that the recent election was a success and insisted that the military is…
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The Forgotten March 27: Revolutionary Strata Drifting Away from the People
Opinion Piece | Burma Independent Voice By Kyawt Maung Ants Are Always Busy March 27, 2021, marks the day with the highest death toll of citizens who took to the streets to protest the coup and demand democracy during the Spring Revolution. It was the “Bloody Revolutionary Day” that clearly manifested the military’s form of…
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Pressure from the Global Financial System, the Junta’s Struggle.
Article | Burma Independent Voice By Kyaw Ba On March 11, 2026, the military junta enacted the Anti-Money Laundering Law. This law replaces and repeals the old 2014 law from the U Thein Sein administration. This law was drafted and approved in a rush to ease the tightening regulations of international financial organizations and to…
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30 Innocent Civilians Killed by Military Council Shootings and Airstrikes in Ler Doh Township
March 9, 2026 | Burma Independent Voice The KNU-Central announced today that 30 innocent civilians were killed due to intentional acts of violence by the coup military council troops who launched an offensive into Ler Doh Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District, an area under the control of the Karen National Union (KNU). According to the…
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How Valid is the Coup Leader’s Claim of “No Major Opposition” to His Election?
February 26, 2026 | Burma Independent Voice (Fact Check) During a meeting with the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force on February 25, coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing claimed that Myanmar’s general election was held successfully with active public participation and “no major opposition.” BIV has fact-checked these claims and found them…
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Myanmar’s Lawyer Questions Whether Court Can Determine Genocide Based on UN Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) Report
[ICJ Report] January 29 | Burma Independent Voice During the first day of the second round of final oral arguments regarding the genocide case against the Rohingya at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Christopher Staker, a lawyer for the Myanmar military, questioned whether the Court could establish the commission of genocide based on the…
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Gambian Lawyer Clarifies Judges’ Inquiries; States Myanmar’s ARSA Reports Rely Solely on Military Claims
[ICJ Report] January 27 | Burma Independent Voice The Gambia countered the Myanmar side’s assertion regarding a witness providing duplicate testimonies following an inquiry by Judge Cleveland. In its submission, The Gambia explained that this was not a case of a single witness providing two different statements, but rather a single statement being duplicated in…
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