Protesters opposed to Myanmar’s military coup yesterday blocked train services between Yangon and a southern city, hours after a UN envoy warned the army of “severe consequences” for any harsh response to the pro-democracy demonstrations.
Despite the deployment of armored vehicles and soldiers in some major cities on the weekend, protesters have kept up their campaign to denounce the Feb. 1 takeover and demand the release of detained Burmese State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and others.
As well as the demonstrations in towns and cities across the ethnically diverse country, a civil disobedience movement has brought strikes that are crippling many