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Myanmar crackdown on protesters kills 25 as junta imposes 24-hour mobile internet shutdown Reuters
At least 25 people were shot dead Monday as anti-coup protesters in multiple cities braved increasing violence by security forces following a bloody weekend that
The junta that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi s elected government on Feb. 1 also imposed a 24-hours shutdown of mobile internet service in an attempt to cut off lines of communication among protesters and other members of a nationwide civil disobedience movement (CDM) that has opposed military rule for six weeks.
The suspension of internet service forced court officials in the capital Naypyidaw to postpone the videoconference trial hearing of the 75-year-old deposed leader, who has been under house arrest since the coup and is facing a handful of what supporters say are spurious charges.
At least 149 people have been killed in Myanmar since the 1 February coup, including five in custody, a UN human rights official has said, as mass funerals were held for dozens of those shot dead by security forces in recent days. The revised estimate of the death toll follows the bloodiest day in the six weeks since the military’s takeover, with 74 protesters killed on Sunday followed by 20 people the next day. Mass funerals were held across.
(Reuters) - Thousands of residents fled an industrial suburb of Myanmar s commercial capital on Tuesday, after it was placed under martial law by the ruling junta following bloody anti-coup protests over the weekend. Here is like a war zone, they are shooting everywhere, a labour organizer in the Hlaing Tharyar district told Reuters, saying that most residents were too frightened to go outside. More than 40 people were killed by security forces in protests in Hlaing Tharyar on Sunday and several factories were set ablaze. The families of many of the victims attended their funerals on Tuesday. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military staged the coup against Aung San Suu Kyi s elected government on Feb. 1 and detained her and other members of her party, drawing widespread international condemnation. France said the European Union would approve sanctions against those behind the coup next Monday. The junta, meanwhile, charged the international envoy of the ousted government with tre
The families of dozens of people killed in clashes between Myanmar security forces and anti-coup protesters prepared to hold funerals on Tuesday after candle-lit vigils overnight in defiance of a curfew.