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

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.

NLD Patron U Win Htein Arrested for Sedition After Condemning Coup NLD Patron U Win Htein Arrested for Sedition After Condemning Coup National League for Democracy patron U Win Htein (center) and chairperson Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (right) are seen on June 20, 2015. / The Irrawaddy 5.2k By Nyein Nyein 5 February 2021 Police detained National League for Democracy (NLD) patron U Win Htein on Thursday night on a sedition charge, following the military takeover on Monday. The 80-year-old, who is not...

WRAPUP 9-Tens of thousands protest Myanmar coup despite internet ban Reuters 2/5/2021 * Suu Kyis lawyer says he is unable to see her * Civil disobedience campaign grows against military rule * Blinken presses Chinese counterpart to condemn coup * Australia summons Myanmar ambassador Feb 6 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Myanmars cities on Saturday to denounce this weeks coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi despite a blockade on the inte...

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.

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

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...

Channels Television   Updated February 5, 2021 This picture obtained from the Twitter account @VegasBoyAHM shows people lined up to buy goods on a street in Yangon on February 1, 2021, following the military’s move to detain the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country’s president in a coup. @VegasBoyAHM / Courtesy of Twitter account @VegasBoyAHM / AFP   Myanmar lost access to Twitter on Friday night, the latest move to stifle dissent as the military widened an interne...

Hundreds Protest in Myanmar Capital Against Coup 05 February 2021 VOA News Teachers from Yangon University of Education wear red ribbons and pose with a three-finger salute as they take part in demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer Share share Print Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Myanmar’s capital Friday in the largest protests since Monday’s military coup, as the military expanded its dragnet against ousted official...

05 Feb 2021 / 18:23 H. (Recasts with arrests) * U.N. Security Council stops short of condemning coup * Biden says Myanmar military should relinquish power * ASEAN foreign ministers to hold talks on Myanmar * Feb 5 (Reuters) - Myanmar police arrested another key aide of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and media said at least 30 people had been detained over pot-banging protests against a military coup as shows of anger gathered pace on Friday. International pressure on the junta was also growing...