For 134 years, Insein Prison has stood as a monument to brutality. Since the Feb. 1 coup, journalists, elected leaders and pro-democracy protesters have been held in the aging facility.
Myanmar activists hold blue shirt protests; report says junta chief to attend summit
Reuters | Apr 22, 2021 12:07 AM EDT
People attend sit-in protest and prayer ceremony for those who have died during protests against Myanmar s military coup in Kyat Sar Pyin Quarter, Dawei, (Photo : DAWEI WATCH via REUTERS)
Myanmar anti-coup activists launched protests on Wednesday calling for the release of detained prisoners, as junta chief General Min Aung Hlaing was reported to be planning to attend a regional summit to discuss the crisis in the country.
Saturday s summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would be its first since the coup in Myanmar on Feb. 1 and a test of how the traditionally consensual organisation will respond.
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(Reuters) -Myanmar anti-coup activists launched protests on Wednesday calling for the release of detained prisoners, as Nikkei Asia reported that junta chief General Min Aung Hlaing would attend a regional summit to discuss the crisis in the country.
Spokesman Zaw Min Tun said the military commander would attend the leaders’ meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta, Indonesia on Saturday, the online service of the Japanese news magazine reported.
Reuters could not reach the spokesman for confirmation.
The Southeast Asian country has been in crisis since the military seized power from Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government on Feb. 1, with almost daily protests against the coup despite a lethal crackdown by the junta in which hundreds of people have been killed.