MYANMAR saw its largest anti-coup protests yet yesterday with young demonstrators spilling onto the streets to denounce the country’s new military regime, despite a nationwide internet blackout aimed at stifling a growing chorus of popular dissent.
Soon before nearly all lines of communication in and out of the country went dark, an Australian adviser to ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi told the media he had been detained.
The shutdown did not stop thousands of demonstrators from gathering across Myanmar’s largest city yesterday, beginning on a road near Yangon University where many flashed the three-finger salute that has come to symbolise resistance to the army takeover.
“Down with the military dictatorship!” crowds yelled, many donning red headbands – the colour associated with Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party. – February 7, 2021.
Riot police stand with bouquets of flowers given to them by protesters taking part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar. – AFP pic, February 7, 2021.A protester holds up a three-finger salute as police block a street during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar. – AFP pic, February 7, 2021.A teacher of Dagon University wears a red ribbon during a civil disobedience campaign against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar. Teachers and students joined a nationwide strike as part of a civil disobedience campaign started by medical workers protesting against the recent military coup. Aung San Suu Kyi and other top political leaders were detained in a coup on February 1 amid allegations of election fraud in the November 2020 polls. - EPA pic, February 7, 2021.Protesters hold up the three-finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar. – AFP pic, February 7, 2021.Protesters block a police vehicle as they take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar. – AFP pic, February 7, 2021.A protester holds up a sign denouncing Myanmar military chief General Min Aung Hlaing during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar. – AFP pic, February 7, 2021.People take part in a noise campaign on the street after calls for protest against the military coup emerged on social media, in Yangon, Myanmar. – AFP pic, February 7, 2021.People take part in a noise campaign on the street after calls for protest against the military coup emerged on social media, in Yangon, Myanmar. – AFP pic, February 7, 2021.Teachers and students of Myanmar Mercantile Marine College flashing the three-finger salute and singing a song as they against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar. – EPA pic, February 7, 2021.Riot police block a road in Yangon, Myanmar. Thousands of people took part in a protest against the military coup in Yangon. It was the largest street demonstration since Myanmar’s military seized power and declared a state of emergency for one year after arresting State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar president Win Myint in an early morning raid on February 1. – EPA pic, February 7, 2021.
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