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Hundreds more arrested in Myanmar
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published : 27 Feb 2021 at 21:26
updated: 27 Feb 2021 at 21:31
12 An image from a video posted on social media shows a demonstrator reacting as teargas is used against protesters in Monywa, Myanmar on Saturday. (Reuters Photo)
Police in Myanmar arrested hundreds of protesters on Saturday in their most extensive crackdown yet on demonstrations against the Feb 1 military coup, a rights group said.
“We can definitely say hundreds,” Aung Myo Kyaw, a spokesman for the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), told Reuters.
“More than 10 prison buses went into Insein prison (in Yangon) with about 40 to 50 people in a prison bus. They arrested many people in Monywa too. We are now trying to get the names of the people.”
Police in Myanmar arrested hundreds of protesters on Saturday in their most extensive crackdown yet on demonstrations against the Feb 1 military coup, a rights group said.
Hundreds Arrested As Myanmar Security Forces Launch Nationwide Crackdown on Regime Protests
25 February 2021
Hundreds Arrested As Myanmar Security Forces Launch Nationwide Crackdown on Regime Protests
Riot police during their crackdown on anti-military regime protesters in Yangon on Feb 27. / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 28 February 2021
YANGON Hundreds of people, including journalists, were arrested and dozens are believed to have been injured in Myanmar on Saturday as security forces indiscriminately attacked everyone in their path during a continuing crackdown on anti-military regime protesters across the country.
State-run Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) announced in the evening that a total of 479 “protesters against the state” across the country have been detained. That is the highest number of single day arrests since the beginning of the week-long protest.