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Protesters chanted in support of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

On Friday dozens of teachers at Yangon’s Dagon University staged a rally where displayed a three-finger salute borrowed from Hong Kong and Thailand’s democracy movements, and sang a popular revolution song.

NLD Patron U Win Htein Arrested for Sedition After Condemning Coup NLD Patron U Win Htein Arrested for Sedition After Condemning Coup National League for Democracy patron U Win Htein (center) and chairperson Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (right) are seen on June 20, 2015. / The Irrawaddy 5.2k By Nyein Nyein 5 February 2021 Police detained National League for Democracy (NLD) patron U Win Htein on Thursday night on a sedition charge, following the military takeover on Monday. The 80-year-old, who is not in good health, returned from Naypyitaw to his home in Yangon on Thursday afternoon, but was arrest...

WRAPUP 9-Tens of thousands protest Myanmar coup despite internet ban Reuters 2/5/2021 * Suu Kyi's lawyer says he is unable to see her * Civil disobedience campaign grows against military rule * Blinken presses Chinese counterpart to condemn coup * Australia summons Myanmar ambassador Feb 6 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Myanmar's cities on Saturday to denounce this week's coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi despite a blockade on the internet by the junta. In an upwelling of anger in the country's largest city, Yangon, protesters cha...

YANGON: Several hundred teachers and students protested at a Myanmar university on Friday as the military widened a dragnet against officials ousted in a coup that has drawn global condemnation and the threat of new sanctions.