Feb 5, 2021
A red-ribbon is pinned on the blouse of a teacher from the Yangon Education University during a civil disobedience gathering today in Yangon, Myanmar. A senior member of Myanmar s deposed ruling party has become the latest prominent politician arrested as the country s new military government confronts continuing resistance to its seizure of power. (AP Photo)
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Hundreds of students and teachers took to Myanmar’s streets today to demand the military hand power back to elected politicians, as resistance to a coup swelled with demonstrations in several parts of the country, even in the tightly controlled capital.
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U Win Htein, patron of former Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi s National League for Democracy (NLD) party, has been arrested in the wake of the military coup in the South Asian country, a top official said on Friday.The 80-year-old .
On Friday, around 200 teachers and students at Yangon s Dagon University staged a rally where they displayed a three-finger salute borrowed from Thailand s democracy movements, and sang a popular revolution song.