Some 100 Myanmar diplomats oppose junta, ordered to return home
Some 100 Myanmar diplomats supporting a civil disobedience movement in opposition to a Feb. 1 military coup have been ordered to return to the country by the junta, according to a leaked internal document.
But some of the diplomats did not follow the order and continue to stay in their countries of assignment, speaking out in their support for democracy forces in Myanmar against the junta. Myanmar residents in Japan stage an anti-coup rally in Tokyo s Ginza area on May 2, 2021, urging their host country to recognize the National Unity Government, an organization set up in opposition to the Feb. 1 military coup, as Myanmar s legitimate governing body. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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Demonstrators protest the military coup in Myanmar during a rally in central Tokyo in February. | REUTERS
Kyodo May 20, 2021
Yangon, Myanmar – Some 100 Myanmar diplomats supporting a civil disobedience movement in opposition to the Feb. 1 military coup have been ordered to return to the country by the junta, according to a leaked internal document.
But some of the diplomats did not follow the order and continue to stay in their countries of assignment, speaking out in support of democracy forces in Myanmar.