The junta has appointed a new temporary head of its embassy in London, Britain’s foreign ministry said, replacing the previous ambassador who was ousted after breaking ranks with the military government over its Feb 1 coup.
The selection of the new “charge d’affaires ad interim” did not require the consent of the British government, a foreign ministry spokesperson said, which first reported the move earlier on Friday.
More than 900 people opposing the junta have been killed by security forces since the coup, drawing international condemnation and sanctions including from Britain.
“The consent of the receiving State is not required,” the spokesperson said in a statement, citing the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
A protest has erupted at a prison in Myanmar’s commercial capital of Yangon against what activists said was a worsening COVID-19 outbreak at the jail, which is used to hold opponents of February’s military takeover.
The protest on Friday was one of the first of its kind since the February 1 coup in the Southeast Asian country, where people across the country demonstrate daily against military rule.
Protest chants in opposition to the military government could be heard from inside the colonial-era Insein Prison early on Friday in videos recorded from outside the prison and posted by local residents to Facebook.
Protests broke out in a prison in Yangon, the commercial capital of Myanmar. Protesters said the prison had a deteriorating COVID-19 outbreak and was used to control opponents who opposed the military takeover in February.
Friday’s protest was the first of its kind since the coup in a Southeast Asian country on February 1, and people across the country are protesting against military rule every day.
You can hear the protest slogans against the military government Inside the colonial era Yongsheng Prison Earlier Friday, in a video recorded outside the prison, local residents posted it on Facebook.
“End the dictatorship! Our cause! Protest, protest! Start, start! Revolution! Must be victorious!” echoed.
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