Thousands of people came out in the streets of Myanmar’s Yangon city on Monday morning, as protests continued against a military coup in ...
Thousands of people came out in the streets of Myanmar’s Yangon city on Monday morning, as protests continued against a military coup in the country last week that led to the detention of its elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, reported Reuters.
The demonstrations against the coup sparked off over the weekend, as people hit the streets across the country after the military suspended access to social media platforms, leading to a “near total internet shutdown”. On Sunday, huge crowds from all corners of Yangon gathered and headed towards the Sule Pagoda at the heart of the city, Reuters reported. A line of armed police with riot shields set up barricades, but did not try to stop the demonstration.
Backed by a din of car horns, chanting protestors in Yangon held up banners saying “Justice for Myanmar”, while others waved the signature red flags of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party as they marched to City Hall, AFP reported. Large protests were reported from other cities of the country too.
Tens of thousands of people rallied across Myanmar to denounce last week's coup and demanded the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in the biggest protests since the 2007 Saffron Revolution https://t.co/roR4i2MFxG pic.twitter.com/2g076LuWV6
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