Myanmar protesters burn junta leader's images on his birthday

Reuters
July 3, 2021

Myanmar's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing presides over an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

July 3 (Reuters) - Protesters burned mock coffins and pictures of Myanmar's army ruler Min Aung Hlaing on Saturday in the latest demonstrations against the coup over five months ago that has plunged the Southeast Asian country into chaos.

"May you not rest in peace" and "may your birthday and deathday be the same," read the messages on funeral wreaths in Theinzayet township in eastern Mon state. Similar protests took place in many parts of Myanmar.

Eight killed as security forces open fire on protesters in Myanmar

The Guardian
Reuters
Sun 2 May 2021

Protests against military rule were some of the biggest in days after a spell of dwindling crowds

Protesters in Kyaukme, in Shan state, Myanmar. Photograph: Shwe Phee Myay news agency/AFP/Getty Images

Security forces in Myanmar have opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days, killing eight people, media reported.

The protests, after a spell of dwindling crowds and what appeared to be more restraint by the security forces, were coordinated with demonstrations in Burmese communities around the world to mark what organisers called “the global Myanmar spring revolution”.

“Shake the world with the voice of Myanmar people’s unity,” the organisers said in a statement.

Myanmar protesters march three months after coup; U.N. warns of ‘standstill’

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Thomson Reuters
May 1, 2021 

(Reuters) – Protesters against military rule marched in Myanmar on Saturday three months after a coup ended a democratic transition, with several small blasts compounding a sense of crisis that a U.N. envoy warned could bring state administration to a halt.

The military has tried to end dissent and impose its authority on a people largely opposed to the return of rule by the generals after 10 years of democratic reforms that included a government led by democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi.

'My family is back there': Myanmar protests resonate with Orange County refugees

THe Daily Tar Heel

By Bethany Lee
March 22, 2021

Photo by Morgan Pirozzi | 

The Daily Tar HeelDemonstrators hold up signs during a rally at the Peace and Justice plaza on Franklin Street against the coup in Myanmar on March 6, 2021.

On Thursday, the streets of Yangon, Myanmar, filled with the sound of clanging pots and pans as citizens continued the protest against the military coup d’etat that took control in early February.

Diplomats: UN to condemn violence against Myanmar protesters

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Via AP news wire

10th March 2021

U.N. Security Council diplomats say members have approved a statement calling for a reversal of the military coup in Myanmar and strongly condemning the violence against peaceful protesters and urging “utmost restraint” by the military.

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U.N. Security Council members approved a statement Wednesday calling for a reversal of the military coup in Myanmar and strongly condemning the violence against peaceful protesters and calling for “utmost restraint" by the military, three council diplomats said.

The diplomats, who said the presidential statement had been approved by all 15 council members including Myanmar’s neighbor and friend China spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of its official adoption at a council meeting expected later Wednesday. A presidential statement is a step below a resolution but becomes part of the official record of the U.N.’s most powerful body.

US reiterates support for pro-democracy protests in Myanmar

Hundustan Times
ANI, Washington
PUBLISHED ON FEB 22, 2021

 

This comes after the Myanmar police opened fire on pro-democracy protesters in the city of Mandalay on Saturday, killing two people and wounding dozens.

US State Department Spokesman Ned Price speaks to reporters during a news briefing at the State Department in Washington, US(REUTERS)

The US continues to stand with the people of Burma as they voice their aspirations for peace and democracy and it calls on the military to stop violence, release all those unjustly detained and cease attacks on journalists and activists, according to US State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Sunday (local time).

Myanmar protesters urge China to condemn coup. Will Beijing act?

Aljazeera
Zaheena Rasheed
18 Feb 2021

Protesters accuse China of backing Myanmar’s generals, but analysts say Beijing does not favour a return to military rule.

Demonstrators display placards accusing China for supporting Myanmar's military during a protest against the recent coup outside the Chinese Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, February 11, 2021 [AP]

Chanting “Shame on you, China” and holding up banners in English, Chinese and Burmese, dozens of pro-democracy protesters gathered on Monday at the Chinese embassy in Yangon to denounce what they called Beijing’s backing for Myanmar’s military coup on February 1.

“Myanmar’s military dictatorship is made in China,” read one placard.