Demonstrators carry flags as they march to protest against the military coup, in Dawei, Myanmar, April 27. Reuters
Myanmar security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days on Sunday killing seven people, media reported, three months after a coup plunged the country into crisis.
The protests, after a spell of dwindling crowds and what appeared to be more restraint by the security forces, were coordinated with demonstrations in Myanmar communities around the world to mark what organisers called the global Myanmar spring revolution . Shake the world with the voice of Myanmar people s unity, the organisers said in a statement.
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Myanmar security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days on Sunday killing seven people, media reported, three months after a coup plunged the country into crisis.
Myanmar: Thousands call for spring revolution
At least one person has died in northern Shan state as youths carried a banner that read: We cannot be ruled at all. Deaths have also been reported in the central town of Wetlet.
Protests are continuing over three months since the military seized power in Myanmar.
Thousands of anti-coup protesters took to the streets across Myanmar on Sunday, calling for a spring revolution as the country began its fourth month under a military regime.
Cities, rural areas, remote mountainous regions and even the country s rebel-controlled border territories have witnessed protests against the junta.