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Myanmar’s junta lost a tug of war over leadership of its U.N. mission in New York and the United States unveiled new sanctions targeting military conglomerates after the deaths of dozens of civilians protesting against last month’s coup.
With tussles going on over diplomatic loyalties overseas, pro-democracy activists said they planned to hold more demonstrations in Myanmar on Friday to oppose the February 1 ouster of the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
“Our federation will be on road to fight the military regime together with the people,” the All Burma Federation of Student Unions posted on social media late Thursday.
Students, protesters undaunted despite deaths in crackdown
Students and civilians are still gathering in the streets to reject the 1 February military coup in Myanmar despite a death toll that reached 38 on Wednesday after the military cracked down violently on peaceful protesters.
Some 90% of students and teachers from 40 universities across Myanmar have joined the civil disobedience movement and student protesters are among those who have been killed. Students and academics have been abducted after the military raided homes.
This week the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) – the elected lawmakers of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy – appointed four acting ministers including education minister Zaw Wai Soe, a former rector of the University of Medicine (1,2), who has already spoken out, urging people to join the ongoing civil disobedience movement.
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