Ethnic minorities protest Myanmar coup, as opposition grows
February 11, 2021 GMT
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Members of Myanmar’s ethnic minorities marched through streets in traditional dress and floated on wooden long boats in a scenic lake Thursday to protest last week’s coup, a sign of the broad and growing resistance to the military takeover.
Opposition to the coup received a major boost from abroad from U.S. President Joe Biden, who ordered new sanctions and promised more measures to come as he demanded the junta hand power back to the elected government. That’s part of a growing trend, as more governments consider sanctions against the military.
People wearing costumes march with placards in a protest against the military coup and to demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in the ancient city of Bagan, Myanmar February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
(Reuters) - Among the hundreds of thousands who have taken to the streets of Myanmar in recent days have been members of the Southeast Asian nation s many faiths – majority Buddhists as well as Christians, Muslims and Hindus, and dozens of distinct ethnic groups.
Major ethnic armed organizations – whose rebel armies control vast swathes of the country – have also thrown their weight behind a growing civil disobedience movement and indicated they will not tolerate crackdowns on protesters by the military leaders who seized power in a Feb. 1 coup.
Here are the 2020 Art of Building photography competition winners
By Alexander Walter|
Monday, Feb 1, 2021
Public Choice Winner: Arg of Karim Khan by Borna Mirahmadian. All images courtesy of Art of Building competition/CIOB.
A fascinating shot of light pouring through a stained-glass window at the 17th-Century Karim Khan Citadel in Shiraz, Iran has been selected as the public choice winner of the 2020 Art of Building photography competition. Hosted by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), the annual contest seeks to inspire the public to look at buildings with a fresh perspective.
Public Choice Winner: Arg of Karim Khan
Photographer: Borna Mirahmadian
The Art of Building photography contest is run by the British Chartered Institute of Building
Judges sifted through 3,500 entries to draw up a shortlist of 15 photos before picking their winning image
The judges prize is awarded to James Retief for his shot of Big Ben under restoration
Winning the public vote category is Borna Mirahmadian with an image taken inside Iran s Karim Khan Citadel