Amid Fear of Arrest, Protests Maintain Steam Despite Myanmar Junta Tightening Laws More than 384 people have been detained since the coup, the monitoring group Assistance Association for Political Prisoners said, in a wave of mostly nightly arrests. Demonstrators hold up signs during a protest against the military coup and demanding the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 13, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Stringer World14/Feb/2021 Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Myanmarâs major cities for a ninth straight day of anti-coup demonstrations on Sunday, after a fearful night as residents formed patrols and the army rolled back laws protecting freedoms.