Myanmar’s Ambassador to Britain Locked Out of London Embassy
Voice of America
Myanmar’s ambassador to Britain has been locked out of his London office over his support for deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Actor and model Paing Takhon was arrested this morning. He has been actively speaking out against the military coup since early February. The junta is now arresting medics, engineers, students, workers, and finally actors. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/fPXj2Pp3T0
Kyaw Zwar Minn told reporters he was barred from entering the embassy Wednesday under orders from Myanmar’s military junta. In a statement read on his behalf Thursday in front of the building, Kyaw Zwar Minn said that embassy personnel were being “threatened with severe punishment” if they refused to work for diplomats loyal to the military government. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, in a tweet Thursday, condemned the “bullying actions of the Myanmar military regime,” while paying tribute to Kyaw Zwar Minn for his courage.Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. Fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still picture taken from a video, May 26, 2024. Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. A member of the bomb squad of the Israeli police collects debris after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants struck in the Israeli city of Herzliya on May 26, 2024.