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Myanmar Making Noises for Democracy Anti-coup protesters in Yangon on Saturday. / Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy 5.0k By Mon Mon Myat 8 February 2021 I was woken early last Monday with a call from an international news agency covering the military coup in Myanmar. This news shocked me because I had miscalculated the generals’ attitude. I had thought military chief Min Aung Hlaing would not take the chance while under the threat of serious human rights violations and crimes under international law and while the country struggles with COVID-19. I was wrong. Neither international pressure nor the pandemic was serious enough for Min Aung Hlaing. ....
Now 54, Mya Aye has been in and out of prison for his activism ever since. He is among more than a dozen activists and pro-democracy figures who have been detained by the new regime since last week’s coup, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). Rights campaigner Mya Aye in London in 2013. The military coup last Monday stunned those within and outside Myanmar, bringing a 10-year experiment in democracy to a shuddering halt. | COURTESY OF FAMILY OF MYA AYE / VIA AFP-JIJI The Yangon-based monitoring group says more than 130 officials and lawmakers have also been nabbed, with other arrest reports yet to be confirmed. ....
Published on: Saturday, February 06, 2021 By: AFP Text Size: Teachers from Yangon University of Education wear red ribbons and pose with a three-finger salute as they take part in a demonstration against the military in Yangon. (Reuters) YANGON: Several hundred teachers and students protested at a Myanmar university Friday as the military widened a dragnet against officials ousted in a coup that has drawn global condemnation and the threat of new sanctions. The rally took place after the arrest Win Htein, a key aide to de facto leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi, who was detained along with president Win Myint early Monday. ....
YANGON, Feb 5 (AFP): A key aide to ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested Friday, days after a coup that has sparked outrage and calls by US President Joe Biden for the generals to relinquish power. ....