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Users had flocked to the two sites to protest against Monday's coup after Facebook was blocked.

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 W...

The national blackout comes amid the biggest protest so far against this week's military takeover.

Anti-Coup Protests in Myanmar Expand As New Arrests Are Made of Pro-Suu Kyi Officials © REUTERS / STRINGER Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202102051081990002-anti-coup-protests-in-myanmar-expand-as-new-arrests-are-made-of-pro-suu-kyi-officials/ The Myanmar military, also known as Tatmadaw, has arrested the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint amid claims of election fraud. The coup ended 10 years of democratic rule, which were preceded by decades of military rule. Hundreds of teachers and students p...

On Friday, around 200 teachers and students at Yangon's Dagon University staged a rally where they displayed a three-finger salute borrowed from Thailand's democracy movements, and sang a popular revolution song.