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Associated PressProtesters in Mandalay, Myanmar, on MondayProtests continue across Myanmar
by Rachel Lynn Aldrich
Posted 2/15/21, 03:43 pm
Police and soldiers pointed guns at demonstrators and attacked them with sticks on Monday. More than 1,000 anti-coup protesters had gathered in front of the Myanmar Economic Bank in Mandalay. In the capital of Naypyitaw, more demonstrators rallied outside a police station to demand the release of high schoolers detained during protests. Thousands of engineers also marched in Mandalay to insist the military release leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Is the military backing down at all? In addition to the intensified crackdown on protesters, the military extended Suu Kyi’s imprisonment until her likely court date of Feb. 17. The military detained her and overturned the government in Myanmar, also known as Burma, claiming it was necessary due to claims of election fraud.
Dig deeper: Read Angela Lu Fulton’s report on the coup in Myanmar.
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Rachel Lynn Aldrich
Rachel is an assistant editor for WORLD Digital. She is a Patrick Henry College and World Journalism Institute graduate. Rachel resides with her husband in Wheaton, Ill.
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NEWS2ME
Posted: Tue, 02/16/2021 11:38 amIsn't this something the U.N. is supposed to do?
NEWS2ME
Posted: Tue, 02/16/2021 11:46 amI guess the military found out about all the money the U.S. has been giving Myanmar all these years and wanted a piece of it. Is this yet another country where our money has been going down a rabbit hole and coming out at posh locations where the people controlling Myanmar can go to retire?