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Feb 5, 2021 A red-ribbon is pinned on the blouse of a teacher from the Yangon Education University during a civil disobedience gathering today in Yangon, Myanmar. A senior member of Myanmar's deposed ruling party has become the latest prominent politician arrested as the country's new military government confronts continuing resistance to its seizure of power. (AP Photo) YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Hundreds of students and teachers took to Myanmar’s streets today to demand the military hand power back to elected politicians, as resistance to a coup swelled with demonstrations in several parts ...

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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...

By Reuters Staff 5 Min Read (Reuters) - Teachers and students in Myanmar rallied on Friday to a growing civil disobedience campaign as the anti-coup protest movement won the support of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party. Stepping up measures to quell discontent, police arrested one of Suu Kyi’s veteran aides and dozens of people who had joined noisy demonstrations against Monday’s coup. International pressure on the junta increased with the U.N. Security Council urging the release of detainees and Washington considering sanctions on the ruling generals. Teachers became the latest gr...

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.