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RFA UPDATED at 4:45 P.M. EST on 02-22-2021 Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of major cities across Myanmar Monday for an all-day nationwide strike in defiance of a warning by the three-week-old military regime that further demonstrations could lead to “loss of life.” The “22222 Popular Uprising” — drawing on the digits in 2/22/2021 — of mass strikes and demonstrations came exactly three weeks since the army deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her elected government. In weeks of daily protests, three protesters and a night watchman have...

Myanmar: Protests get bigger; UN fears major violence Myanmar: Protests get bigger; UN fears major violence AP / Updated: Feb 18, 2021, 06:00 IST Wed sees biggest demonstrations so far; troops being mobilised trigger concern YANGON Demonstrators in Myanmar gathered Wednesday in their largest numbers so far to protest the military’s seizure of power, even after a UN human rights expert warned that troops being brought to Yangon and elsewhere could signal the prospect of major violence. UN rapporteur Tom Andrews had said late Tuesday that he was alarmed by reports of soldiers being transpor...

Tens of thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Myanmar’s biggest city Wednesday, in one of largest protests yet of a coup, despite warnings from a United Nations human rights specialist that recent troop movements could indicate the military was planning a violent crackdown.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of...

Generations of Burmese have defined themselves by their battles for political rights, most of them unsuccessful attempts terminated by bloody crackdowns