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On Friday, around 200 teachers and students at Yangons Dagon University staged a rally where they displayed a three-finger salute borrowed from Thailands democracy movements, and sang a popular revolution song.

Protesters chanted in support of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Win Htein, 79, was detained at his home in Yangon.

Detention of Win Htein on charges of sedition the latest move to quell opposition to military takeover

On Friday dozens of teachers at Yangon’s Dagon University staged a rally where displayed a three-finger salute borrowed from Hong Kong and Thailand’s democracy movements, and sang a popular revolution song.

YANGON: Several hundred teachers and students protested at a Myanmar university on Friday as the military widened a dragnet against officials ousted in a coup that has drawn global condemnation and the threat of new sanctions.

Published February 5, 2021 8:03pm Myanmars Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health under house arrest after being detained in Mondays military coup, her National League for Democracy press officer said Friday.   "We have learnt that State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health (in Naypyidaw)," press officer Kyi Toe said on his official Facebook page. "As far as I know, shes under house arrest," he told AFP.  -Agence France-Presse

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Hundreds of members of Myanmars deposed ruling party declared...

Police in Myanmar arrested one of the main leaders of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party and close aide of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, five days after a military coup.. Myanmar arrests prominent political leader, close aide of Suu Kyi | Main | English edition | Agencia EFE

Hundreds protest Myanmar coup with Hunger Games sign as resistance spreads Hundreds of students and teachers took to Myanmars streets on Friday to demand the military hand power back to elected politicians, as resistance to a coup swelled with demonstrations in several parts of the country, even in the tightly controlled capital. In the largest rallies since the takeover, protesters at two universities in Yangon flashed a three-fingered salute, a sign of resistance borrowed from The Hunger Gam...