The East African
Wednesday February 03 2021
A military armoured vehicle is seen along a street in Myitkyina, Kachin State on February 2, 2021, as Myanmar s generals appeared in firm control a day after a surgical coup that saw democracy heroine Suu Kyi detained. PHOTO | AFP
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Calls for a civil disobedience campaign in Myanmar gathered pace Wednesday as the United States formally declared the military s takeover a coup and vowed further penalties for the generals behind the putsch.
Myanmar plunged back into direct military rule on Monday when soldiers detained Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders in a series of dawn raids, ending the country s brief experiment with democracy.
US Disturbed Over Charges Against Myanmar s Aung San Suu Kyi After Coup The Southeast Asian nation was plunged back into direct military rule when soldiers arrested key civilian leaders in a series of dawn raids Monday, ending the army s brief flirtation with democracy.
Updated: February 04, 2021 2:40 am IST
The United States said it was disturbed by the charges against Myanmar s Aung San Suu Kyi (File)
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The US on Wednesday called on Myanmar s military to free Aung San Suu Kyi, as the ousted leader was charged after being detained in a coup, while calls for civil disobedience opposing the putsch gathered pace.
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This combination of pictures created on February 1, 2021 shows (top L) Myanmar’s President Win Myint during a visit to New Delhi on February 27, 2020, (top R) Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Bangkok on November 4, 2019, (bottom L) Myint Swe, then the Yangon division chief minister, delivering a speech in Yangon on February 12, 2013, and (bottom R) Myanmar’s Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the Myanmar armed forces, saluting during a ceremony to mark the 71th anniversary of Martyrs’ Day in Yangon on July 19, 2018. Soe Than WIN, Prakash SINGH, Lillian SUWANRUMPHA, Ye Aung THU / AFP
US Leads Condemnation As Myanmar s Suu Kyi Charged After Coup
02/03/21 AT 3:43 PM
The US on Wednesday called on Myanmar s military to free Aung San Suu Kyi, as the ousted leader was charged after being detained in a coup, while calls for civil disobedience opposing the putsch gathered pace.
The Southeast Asian nation was plunged back into direct military rule when soldiers arrested key civilian leaders in a series of dawn raids Monday, ending the army s brief flirtation with democracy. Yangon residents protest against the coup by banging pots and pans Photo: AFPTV / STRINGER
Suu Kyi, who has not been seen in public since, won a huge landslide with her National League for Democracy (NLD) last November, but the military whose favoured parties received a drubbing declared the polls fraudulent.
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