The demonstrations against the military junta that took power last February 1st continue as well as the harsh repression that yesterday caused at least 4 victims. The protests are also nocturnal, with numerous doctors in white coats among the demonstrators.
The main request is the release of the country’s former leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been arrested and hidden by the military since the day of the coup. Doctors, teachers, bankers and railway workers have been on strike for 6 weeks, paralyzing entire sectors of the Burmese economy, already weak before the coup. Since the beginning of the protests, hundreds of people have been arrested and at least 250, according to the estimates of the NGOs on the spot, are the victims of the repression, at least 4 only yesterday.
Numerous Burmese citizens are trying to leave the country in the throes of clashes: Thailand and India are the main destinations. Today the funeral of a woman, mother of three children, killed for just leaving her front door in a small town in the interior of Myanmar is scheduled.
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