Martial law declared in parts of Myanmar
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February 9, 2021
YANGON: Martial law was declared in parts of Myanmar’s second-largest city Mandalay on Monday (Feb 8), after hundreds of thousands have rallied across the country against the coup and the military issued a stern warning against further protests.
The orders covered seven townships in Mandalay, banning people from protesting or gathering in groups of more than five, and a curfew would run from 8pm until 4am, the general administration department said in a statement. A similar declaration has been made in a township in Ayeyarwaddy further south and announcements concerning other localities are expected to trickle out tonight. “This order is applied until further notice,” one Mandalay township statement said.
In Yangon, the nation s commercial capital, massive throngs spilled onto the city s main roads, immobilising traffic across the city and dwarfing the previous day s crowds
Massive crowds protest again in Myanmar against coup
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published : 8 Feb 2021 at 12:45 Tens of thousands have people have taken to Myanmar s streets to protest the coup.
YANGON: Massive crowds joined anti-coup protests across Myanmar on Monday as workers went on a nationwide strike, demanding the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the return of democracy.
In the commercial capital, Rangoon, some estimates on the ground put protest numbers at hundreds of thousands kicking off a third straight day of rallies following last week s coup. Down with military dictatorship and Release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and arrested people, the protesters chanted as they marched in the streets.
YANGON, Feb 8 Myanmar’s generals faced their biggest opposition yet to last week’s coup, with huge crowds across the country today demanding the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The junta has so far refrained from using deadly force to quell nationwide demonstrations, but with.