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YANGON: Myanmar’s junta is cracking down on journalists covering mass protests, with dozens, including foreigners, being detained since the Feb. 1 coup.
The crackdown comes as security forces escalate deadly violence against protesters, who have been coming to the streets in their hundreds of thousands to demand the release of elected government leaders, including Aung San Suu Kyi, who were overthrown in the coup.
At least 12 people were killed on Thursday, when police fired live rounds at demonstrators, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP Burma), which has recorded 69 protester deaths since the beginning of the coup. AAPP estimates that 2,000 people have been detained, with at least 38 of them journalists covering the protests.
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A projection in Yangon, Myanmar, of the three-finger “Hunger Games” salute and a dove signifying peace.Credit.The New York Times
Art and defiance in Myanmar
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in central Yangon on Wednesday, the biggest rally since the start of protests against a coup, holding up posters and signs designed for the Instagram generation.
As with protests in Thailand and Hong Kong, art, memes and creative dissent have become a tool for demonstrators in Myanmar. Artists are providing the uprising with graffiti, hip-hop, poems, anthems, cartoons and paintings that share their messages. Art collectives are producing free designs so that protesters can print them for signs.
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