Britain has called for an urgent United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday to discuss the fast-worsening situation in Myanmar after at least 38 protesters were killed in firing by security forces on Wednesday.UN Envoy on Myanmar .
38 dead in Myanmar’s ‘bloodiest’ day since coup: United Nations Updated Mar 04, 2021 | 06:24 IST
Myanmar has been in turmoil since February 1 when the military ousted and detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ending the nation s decade-long experiment with democracy and sparking daily mass protests. Protesters are sprayed with water fired from a police truck s water cannon in Naypyitaw, Myanmar
At least 38 people died Wednesday in the bloodiest day of Myanmar s crisis, the United Nations said, as the military junta defied growing international condemnation of its coup with a violent crackdown that the US said left it appalled and revulsed.
YANGON: Myanmar security forces fired on protesters Wednesday, as a United Nations envoy said 38 died in the Southeast Asian country’s “bloodiest” day since the military coup last.
UN Special Envoy for Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener said Wednesday is the bloodiest day since the military coup in Myanmar as 38 people were killed during protests against the military rule in the country.Today was the bloodiest day since the coup happened on the first of February. Only today, ..