At least 8 people have been reported dead in protests against the coup in Myanmar Military News
At least eight people have been killed in Myanmar after security forces fired at one of the largest protests against the military government in recent days, three months after a coup plunged the country into political turmoil.
Thousands of people, in towns and cities across the country, joined the protests on Sunday, calling for a “Global Spring Revolution in Myanmar”. Rallies in support of the coup also took place outside Myanmar when Pope Francis called for peace.
“Shake the world with the voice of the unity of the people of Myanmar,” organizers said in a statement.
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Flashbacks: Three Months of Protest Against Myanmar s Military Regime
An anti-regime protester in Batman attire flashes a three-finger salute of defiance in Yangon on Feb. 15. / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 30 April 2021
Myanmar’s ongoing “Spring Revolution” against the country’s military regime will be three months old next week.
Since a predawn military coup in the capital Naypyitaw on Feb. 1, the country of 54 million people has been plunged into uncertainty, despair, oppression, bloodshed and chaos.
Soldiers and armored personnel carriers are deployed in Naypyitaw on Feb. 2, one day after the coup. / The Irrawaddy
The uniformed coup makers claimed they staged the takeover in response to mass electoral fraud in last year’s general election, in which the Daw Aung San Suu Kyi-led National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory. Furious about the military’s worthless claim, millions of people the majority of whom voted for the NLD took to the s
Military’s Latest Coup Pushes Myanmar Into Revolt
An anti-regime protest in Mandalay on Feb. 22. / The Irrawaddy
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By Naing Khit 30 April 2021
After three months of unyielding opposition to the military’s Feb. 1 coup, Myanmar is now a country in revolt.
The country, which has experienced more than its share of uprisings and revolutions including the “’88 Pro-Democracy Uprising” in 1988 and the “Saffron Revolution” led by Buddhist monks in 2007, not to mention its century-long independence struggle ending in 1948 is now witnessing a “Spring Revolution”. These uprisings have occurred periodically in reaction to oppressive military dictatorships and the military-created authoritarianism that has taken root in the country over the past 60 years.