Share on Twitter
Thousands of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar poured back onto the streets Sunday, as an internet blackout failed to stifle growing outrage at the military s ouster of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The fresh rally followed the largest protests to date on Saturday, when tens of thousands came out in cities across the country to condemn the coup that brought a 10-year experiment with democracy to a crashing halt.
Thousands of chanting protesters marched in Yangon, backed by a din of car horns. They held up banners that said Justice for Myanmar and We do not want military dictatorship . Some waved the signature red flags of Suu Kyi s National League of Democracy (NLD) party.
Share on Twitter
Police have fired a water cannon at protesters in the Myanmar capital as tens of thousands of people across the country joined a third day of demonstrations against the military s removal of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi a week ago.
Calls to join protests and to back a campaign of civil disobedience have grown louder and more organised since last Monday s coup, which drew widespread international condemnation. We health workers are leading this campaign to urge all government staff to join the (civil disobedience movement) , Aye Misan, a nurse at a government hospital said at a protest in the biggest city of Yangon. Our message to the public is that we aim to completely abolish this military regime and we have to fight for our destiny.