Protesters run after police fired tear gas to disperse them during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on February 28, 2021. Photo by Sai Aung Main / AFP
Large numbers were again mobilized on Sunday morning to scatter building crowds in several parts of the country that had gathered in response to online calls for protesters to once again flood the streets. “Police started shooting just as we arrived,” said Amy Kyaw, a 29-year-old primary school teacher in a downtown Yangon neighborhood.
Several journalists documenting Saturday’s assaults by security forces were detained, including a photographer from the Associated Press in Yangon. International condemnation of the coup has been fierce, with the United States, the European Union and other major powers denouncing violence against protesters and demanding the junta relinquish power.
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