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The protests for the second day in a row over the military coup in Myanmar take place on the streets of the country’s largest city, Yangon. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets on Sunday to demand the release of political leaders and activists, including the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and the withdrawal of the military government.
Protesters marched through the streets of Yangon carrying red balloons in the colors of the Suu Kyi political party, the National League for Democracy (NLD). Right now, they didn’t want a military government, they wanted democracy! He gave the motto.
In the scorching sun, they protested by waving NLD flags and three-finger protest signs. At this time, the drivers of different vehicles honked their horns and expressed solidarity with the protest.
Earlier, on February 1, the Myanmar military launched a military coup in the country and arrested political leaders, including President Win Mint and State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi. At the same time, a state of emergency was declared in the country for one year.
The coup came after days of clashes between the army and the civil administration over the results of the November elections. The National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Suu Kyi won the election, which Tatmada also denied.
Internet connection in Myanmar, including social media, was shut down to control protests on Saturday, but was partially resumed on Sunday afternoon.
Net Block, the UK-based internet watchdog, said partial internet connections had been established in Myanmar since 2pm local time.
Protesters took to the streets in Yangon on Saturday after a military coup on Monday last week. At that time, they chanted the slogan ‘May the military dictatorship fail, may democracy win’.
Protesters in Yangon handed flowers to police officers with rifles deployed to monitor the security situation.
Meanwhile, protests against the military coup took place in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, and in the capital, Nay Pyi Taw.
The democratic process began under the leadership of Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of General Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the Myanmar independence movement, who was under a long military rule until 2011.
Before that, Suu Kyi was under house arrest for about 15 years, from 1989 to 2010. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her fight for democracy.
But in 2016, Suu Kyi’s international image was tarnished by the military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Former supporters condemned him for not taking appropriate action and protesting against the army’s move.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is currently investigating crimes against humanity in Myanmar.
Source: Al Jazeera
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