February 23, 2021
YANGON, MYANMAR (AP) Protesters gathered in Myanmar’s biggest city yesterday despite the ruling junta’s thinly veiled threat to use lethal force if people answered a call for a general strike opposing the military takeover three weeks ago.
Despite roadblocks around the United States (US) Embassy in Yangon, more than a thousand protesters gathered there, while 20 military trucks with riot police had arrived nearby.
The crowds were gathering after supporters of the Civil Disobedience Movement, a loosely organised group leading the resistance, called for people to unite yesterday for a “Spring Revolution”. The junta warned against the general strike in a public announcement carried last Sunday on state television broadcaster