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Yangon, Feb 17 (EFE/EPA).- Mass protests were taking place across Myanmar on Wednesday, a day after elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was slapped with another charge and amid fears of a crackdown by security forces.While overnight internet blackouts and a military presence in Yangon reduced protester numbers earlier this week, activists involved in the 1998 uprising urged youth, especially, to take part in mass demonstrations on Wednesday against the Feb. 1 military coup and the detention of elected leaders.On Tuesday afternoon, police slapped Suu Kyi with a second charge, and she appeared in court via video conference ahead of schedule and without the knowledge or representation of a lawyer. She had been remanded until Wednesday. (Camera: LYNN BO BO).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO PROTEST AGAINST THE MILITARY COUP IN YANGON, MYANMAR.
Mandalay, Apr 16 (EFE / EPA) .- Protests against the military junta continued Friday after security forces opened fire Thursday at a demonstration of medical personnel in Mandalay.(Camera: STRINGER) SHOT LIST: FRIDAY'S PROTEST IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Mandalay, Apr 15 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar security forces opened fire Thursday at a demonstration of medical personnel in Mandalay and detained about 20 people in a new day of protests against the military junta that seized power during the Feb. 1 coup, the local press reported. According to data from the Association for the Assistance of Political Prisoners, at least 714 people have died due to the military repression, while more than 3,000 people have been detained, including the leader of the deposed government Aung San Suu Kyi.The Myanmar Army justifies the coup on alleged electoral fraud in November’s elections, in which Suu Kyi's party won a landslide victory, as it did in 2015, with the endorsement of international observers. (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: A FUNERAL OF A MUSLIM MAN KILLED DURING ANTI-COUP PROTESTS IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Mandalay, Apr 14 (EFE/EPA).-Dozens of people Wednesday protested again in Mandalay despite the military junta's crackdown which has left more than 700 deaths since the coup on Feb 1.The UN has compared the crisis to the beginning of the conflict in Syria in 2011.(Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATING AGAINST THE MILITARY JUNTA IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Mandalay, Apr 13 (EFE/EPA) .- Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Mandalay again on Monday despite the military junta crackdown. The civilian death toll from the junta's brutal crackdown on unarmed dissent climbed past 700 at the weekend but protests continue to defy the military throughout the country. The Army justifies the coup due on an alleged electoral fraud in November’s general elections, in which the party led by the deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi won a landslide during polls considered legitimate by international observers. (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATING AGAINST THE MILITARY JUNTA IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Mandalay, Apr 9 (EFE / EPA) .- Hundreds of protesters took to the streets Friday in Mandalay despite the military junta crackdown.The brutal repression exerted by police and soldiers against unarmed protesters opposed to the military junta has left at least 614 dead since Feb 1 but protests continue to defy the military throughout the country. The Army justifies the coup due on an alleged electoral fraud in November’s general elections, in which the party led by the deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi won a landslide during polls considered legitimate by international observers. SHOT LIST: PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATING AGAINST THE MILITARY JUNTA IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
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