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Teachers, students join civil disobedience against coup in Myanmar 1 minute read Bangkok, Feb 5 (efe-epa).- Teachers and university students from Myanmar joined the growing civil disobedience movement on Friday in response to the military coup in the country earlier this week. Around 200 people marched in Dagon University in northern Yangon, singing protest songs and carrying banners calling for “protecting democracy”, to show their rejection of the military coup led by General Min Aung H...

A key aide to Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested Friday, days after a coup that has sparked outrage and calls by US President Joe Biden for the generals to relinquish power. On Thursday, US President Joe Biden reiterated his call for the generals to reverse course.

A key aide to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi became the latest senior official to be arrested on Friday as resistance to the country's military coup swelled with demonstrations in several parts of the country, even in the tightly controlled capital. The arrest of Win Htein, considered Suu Kyi's right-hand man, came after the streets of Myanmar's biggest city filled for a third night with people banging pots and honking car horns in...

February 5, 2021 Share Nonviolent resistance to Myanmar’s military coup gathered steam Friday, with public protests extending to several regions, including the tightly controlled capital, Naypyitaw. The military has tried to quash opposition with selective arrests and by blocking Facebook access to prevent users from organizing protests. Facebook is most people’s primary tool for accessing information on the internet, where traditional media is state-controlled or intimidated by thr...

The Latest: COVID In Japan, Navalnys Doctor Dies, $60 Million Password University teachers in Yangon raise the three finger salute to protest the military coup in Myanmar - Aung Kyaw Htet/SOPA Images/ZUMA       2020-02-05 Welcome to Friday, where Myanmar trouble deepens, Navalnys doctor dies and $60 million in Bitcoin is lost behind a password. We also look at one country trying to figure out where it fits in with the global rush...

Feb 5, 2021 A red-ribbon is pinned on the blouse of a teacher from the Yangon Education University during a civil disobedience gathering today in Yangon, Myanmar. A senior member of Myanmars deposed ruling party has become the latest prominent politician arrested as the countrys new military government confronts continuing resistance to its seizure of power. (AP Photo) YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Hundreds of students and teachers took to Myanmar’s streets today to demand the military hand power ...

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Anti-Coup Protests in Myanmar Expand As New Arrests Are Made of Pro-Suu Kyi Officials © REUTERS / STRINGER Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202102051081990002-anti-coup-protests-in-myanmar-expand-as-new-arrests-are-made-of-pro-suu-kyi-officials/ The Myanmar military, also known as Tatmadaw, has arrested the countrys leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint amid claims of election fraud. The coup ended 10 years of de...

By Reuters Staff 5 Min Read (Reuters) - Teachers and students in Myanmar rallied on Friday to a growing civil disobedience campaign as the anti-coup protest movement won the support of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party. Stepping up measures to quell discontent, police arrested one of Suu Kyi’s veteran aides and dozens of people who had joined noisy demonstrations against Monday’s coup. International pressure on the junta increased with the U.N. Security Council urging the release of ...

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.