Follow this thread for updates on the situation in Myanmar, where a coup may be happening after de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other officials have reportedly been detained by the military.
Photo: Military officers wearing facemasks who serve as members of Myanmar's parliament leave after a session at the Assembly of the Union (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) in Naypyidaw on March 10, 2020. AFP/Ye Aung Thu
The revolution in Myanmar, Thailand will be digitized
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Taking inspiration from the protest movements first in Hong Kong, then in Taiwan and neighboring Thailand, youth activists in Myanmar have been inspired to join the digital #MilkTeaAlliance online campaign that is uniting pro-democracy protestors across Asia.
Following the military-led coup in Myanmar on February 1 – immediately after the democratically-held national elections – protestors quickly took to the streets and to cyberspace, calling for the ouster of the military junta that had deposed and detained incumbent president Aung San Suu Kyi along with other members of the NLD ruling government that had won the elections.
Myanmar junta foes form unity government
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Ousted MPs, ethnic groups and protest leaders join hands to seek international support
published : 16 Apr 2021 at 17:58
2 A video released by the Committee for Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) on Friday shows Min Ko Naing, a prominent pro-democracy leader, in an undisclosed location as he announces the formation of a National Unity Government. including different ethnic groups, amid a crackdown on protests against the military coup. (AFP Photo/Committee for Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw)
Opponents of Myanmar’s junta on Friday announced a National Unity Government including ousted members of parliament and leaders of anti-coup protests and ethnic minorities, saying their aim was to root out military rule.
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