Myanmar protesters defy crackdown, UN warns of imminent bloodbath
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Suu Kyi video court hearing due amid report of treason charge
published : 1 Apr 2021 at 15:19
5 An anti-coup protester walks past burning tyres after activists launched a garbage strike against the military rule, in Yangon on Wednesday. (Reuters photo)
Myanmar activists burned copies of a military-framed constitution on Thursday two months after the junta seized power, as a UN special envoy warned of the risk of a bloodbath because of an intensified crackdown on anti-coup protesters.
The United Nations envoy s warning follows a flare-up in fighting between the army and ethnic minority insurgents in frontier regions.
01 Apr 2021 / 18:20 H. Thai doctors attend to injured Myanmar refugees at Sop Moei Hospital in Mae Hong Son province on March 30, 2021, after crossing Salween River at the Thailand-Myanmar border following Myanmar military bombings in Karen state. -AFP
BANGKOK: As Myanmar descends into chaos, smartphone warriors in the anti-coup movement are seeking revenge online against the junta, hounding people with family ties to the military as a form of “social punishment”.
The country has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in February and the death toll from the violence has risen past 500 as the junta struggles to quash dissent.
Aung San Suu Kyi is facing a raft of criminal charges
Yangon, Myanmar:
Myanmar s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears in good health despite two months of detention, her legal team said Wednesday, as diplomatic pressure on the military junta ramped up.
Daily protests demanding the restoration of the elected government have been met with a crackdown that has left more than 520 civilians dead in the weeks since the February 1 coup.
The junta s violent response has triggered international condemnation and threats of retaliation from some of Myanmar s myriad ethnic armed groups.
The US State Department ordered the departure of non-essential diplomatic staff and their families from Myanmar, and Japan a top donor to the country halted new aid payments.
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