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Thousands of demonstrators from across the US march in Washington, DC, to decry Covid-19 mandates. Mostly maskless, the protesters walk from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial in a city that has adopted mask and vaccine mandates. IMAGES
People and families wait outside Insein Prison in Yangon after authorities announced Monday that more than 5,000 people jailed for protesting against February's military coup would be released. +COMPLETES VIDI_9PX7XTEN+ IMAGES
Mandalay, May 8 (EFE/EPA).- Protests against the military coup continued Saturday in Mandalay after Myanmar's junta denied a visit by a special envoy from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) until it establishes stability and security, a military spokesperson said. (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIST: PROTEST AGAINST THE MILITARY COUP IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Naypyidaw, Apr 12 (EFE/EPA).- A court in Myanmar presented new charges Monday against Aung San Suu Kyi, the government leader deposed in the Feb. 1 coup, for allegedly violating protocols related to Covid-19, her lawyer said. (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIS: AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S LAWYER, KHIN MAUNG ZAW, SPEAKS TO MEDIA IN NAYPYITAW, MYANMAR.SOUND BITE: AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S LAWYER, KHIN MAUNG ZAW (IN ENGLISH).
Mandalay, Apr 11 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar security forces have killed at least 82 anti-coup protesters in a daylong violent crackdown in Bago city near Yangon, a monitoring group said Sunday.The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said that Bago became a "killing field" Friday in a “dawn to dusk" clampdown on the protesters in the city, about 70 km (43 miles) northeast of Yangon.The group warned that the casualty figures were "likely much higher." (Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: ANTI-MILITARY COUP PROTEST IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Yangon, Apr 5 (EFE/EPA).- A leaked video clip of a spokesman for Myanmar's military junta saying during an media interview that leader Aung San Suu Kyi's independence hero father would think that his daughter is "stupid" went viral Monday, and two detained Australians were released from house arrest.In the video, CNN correspondent Clarissa Ward asks Zaw Min Tun if Gen. Aung San would be horrified if he were alive to see the situation in the country today."He would say, 'How stupid my daughter,'" Zaw Min Tun replied.Protests continued Monday around the country, despite the violence of security forces and restricted internet connectivity. At 5 pm, a nationwide applause was set to take place to honor the ethnic armed organizations siding with civilians, as well as youth protesters. (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIST: MYANMAR CITIZENS REMEMBER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY SECURITY FORCES, AND PROTESTS AGAINST MILITARY COUP AND ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY MYANMAR MILITARY, IN YANGON, MYANMAR.