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Added on the 04/02/2021 13:17:17 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Yangon, Myanmar, Feb 14 (EFE), (Camera: : Lynn Bobo).- Myanmar's military junta has rolled back security and freedom laws to curb growing protests against the coup it staged on Feb.1.The authorities suspended articles 5, 7, and 8 of the Protection of the Citizens for the Personal Freedom and Personal Security Law, the military's True News unit reported late Saturday.The law requires, among other legal guarantees, a warrant to carry out arrests and hold someone for more than 24 hours.But police and military no longer need warrants to carry out searches, in addition to having carte blanche to intercept citizens' communications and demand their data from telecom operators.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTESTS ON SUNDAY IN YANGON.
Streets in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon are quieter than usual, with a heavy military presence in parts of the city where soldiers stand guard at checkpoints and patrol in trucks, as the nation marks the third anniversary of a 2021 coup d'etat. Opponents of the military have called for people to stay indoors in a "silent strike" against the coup. IMAGES
Streets in Yangon are empty as Myanmar marks the second anniversary of the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's government. Activists called for people across the country to close businesses and stay indoors from 10 am (0330 GMT) to 4 pm. Roads leading to the famous Shwedagon pagoda -- a Buddhist shrine that dominates Yangon's skyline and is usually thronged by worshippers -- were largely deserted. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military's power grab and bloody crackdown on dissent, which has sparked fighting across swathes of the country and tanked the economy. IMAGES
Around a hundred protesters march in central Yangon to mark the anniversary of the 1962 Yangon university protests during which more than a hundred people died and thousands were arrested in a violent crackdown by the military regime. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the generals ousted Suu Kyi's government in February, with pro-democracy protests met by a brutal military crackdown that has killed more than 880, according to a local monitoring group. IMAGES
Mandalay, Apr 26 (EFE/EPA).-Hundreds of people continued to protest on Monday in Mandalay against the military coup and in honor of the political prisoners. (Camera: STRINGER)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF PEOPLE PROTEST AGAINST MILITARY COUP IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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