By Hozan Alan Senauke
From kbc.co.ke
The military takeover in Myanmar has passed the one-month mark and the situation remains volatile, dangerous, and escalating. On 27 February, reports from the non-profit media organization Democratic Voice of Burma stated that Myanmar security forces had fired live ammunition at people participating in the widening Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), killing 19 in nine cities, with another 10 deaths unconfirmed. At least 30 protestors were wounded and more than 1,300 people have been arrested. Even as I sit at my desk writing this, news reports from Myanmar on 3 March stated that at least another 39 people have been killed by military live fire in the streets of five cities. Crowds of protesters returned to the streets the next day, despite the risks.