Anti-coup protesters discharge fire extinguishers to counter the impact of tear gas fired by police during a demonstration in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 8, 2021.Three demonstrators were killed in Myanmar on Monday, witnesses said, while shops, factories and banks were closed in the main city Yangon in protests against last month’s military coup.Two of the victims died of gunshot wounds to the head in the northern town of Myitkyina, the witnesses said.
At least one person was killed and two injured during a protest in the town of Phyar Pon in the Irrawaddy Delta, a political activist and local media said. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army overthrew the elected government of long-time democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi and detained her and other political figures.The generals say they acted because an election in November which saw Suu Kyi’s National League for Democrcay secure a big victory was marred by fraud – a claim rejected by the electoral commission.
In some places, they waved flags fashioned from htamain or hung them up on lines across the street to mark International Women’s Day while denouncing the junta. Walking beneath women’s sarongs is traditionally considered bad luck for men. “This widespread siege of hospitals follows several days of prominent civilian injuries and casualties, and can be interpreted as a direct attempt to impede access to care for civilians. It is also a threat to attending medics to warn them against further treating injured protesters,” the New York-based PHR said in a statement.
The United States and some other Western countries have imposed limited sanctions on the junta and Australia on Sunday cut defence ties, saying it would only deal with non-government groups in Myanmar.
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