Protests in Myanmar ahead of ASEAN meet Updated: Updated: April 23, 2021 22:05 IST Protesters urge ASEAN leaders to stand with people; Amnesty calls the crisis the bloc’s biggest test Share Article Call for support: Anti-coup protesters marching on a street in Yangon on Friday.
Protesters urge ASEAN leaders to stand with people; Amnesty calls the crisis the bloc’s biggest test Protesters marched through downtown Yangon on Friday to demand that regional leaders “stand with Myanmar people”, ahead of a weekend ASEAN summit to be attended by junta leader Min Aung Hlaing. The country has been in turmoil since February 1, when the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a lightning coup.