‘You Messed With the Wrong Generation,’ Myanmar’s Youth Tell Coup Makers
‘You Messed With the Wrong Generation,’ Myanmar’s Youth Tell Coup Makers
Young protesters stage a demonstration against the military coup near the Chinese Embassy in Yangon on Feb. 14. / The Irrawaddy
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By San Yamin Aung 15 February 2021
YANGON “The whole country knowns this is unjust,” said 20-year-old Bella during a recent protest against the Myanmar military’s overthrow of the country’s democratically elected government.
She and her two friends have been protesting together in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, since the mass movement against the Feb. 1 coup started more than a week ago, marching in downtown Sule and at the Hledan junction, and staging sit-in protests to defy the military government.