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Myanmar protesters face military might with civil disobedience


More than 450 arrests have been made since the coup,
Many of the arrests took place in early morning raids, sparking panic at night for activists. Many are avoiding their homes, sleeping in undisclosed locations to evade possible arrest.
Thayzar San, a 33-year-old doctor in Mandalay, said he has not been home since Feb. 3, leaving his wife and toddler daughter behind after he helped lead the city’s first anti-coup protest, at which dozens were arrested.
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(Associated Press)
Security forces have also raided neighborhoods looking to take into custody suspected leaders of the civil disobedience movement, prompting residents to respond by clanging pots and pans to alert their neighbors. ....

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Myanmar's youth savored their taste of democracy. Will they fight to get it back?


By ANDREW NACHEMSON, DAVID PIERSON AND SHASHANK BENGALI | Los Angeles Times | Published: February 6, 2021
YANGON, Myanmar (Tribune News Service) Kyaw Thu Win leaned into the microphone, growling in his distinct, gravelly voice.
Viva la revolution! Let s sing together, let s fight together! he sang, adding a string of profanity-laced challenges to authority.
In his black jacket, black shirt and black shorts, the lead singer of Yangon-based punk band Rebel Riot is usually gentle and soft-spoken. But rage filled the recording studio Wednesday when he recorded the band s latest protest song against Myanmar s new military regime, which overthrew the civilian government in a bloodless coup Monday. ....

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Myanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi detained as military seizes power | News | DW


The Reuters news agency reported that mobile internet data connections and some phone services have been disrupted.
State broadcaster MRTV said its radio and television operations were off the air due to technical problems.
Due to current communication difficulties we d like to respectfully inform you that the regular programmes of MRTV and Myanmar Radio cannot be broadcast, the company said on Facebook. 
Since gaining independence from Britain in 1948, Myanmar has seen two previous coups in 1962 and 1988.
Romain Caillaud, an associate fellow with the Myanmar Studies Program at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, told DW that the military s actions overnight marked a huge setback 10 years after the start of the transition to democracy.  ....

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