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BREAKING: At least six injured in violent crackdown in Mandaly. Sources say soldiers and police taking direct command from the military are beating and detaining peaceful protesters there. The situation is ongoing. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read more:
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BREAKING: Police and soldiers are firing indiscriminately to break up protests in Mandalay at 26th and 82nd streets. Frontier journalist says they are firing into homes but number of casualties is unclear. Many demonstrators also being arrested. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.
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BREAKING: A man has been shot in his left rib in Mandalay and is being rushed to a nearby hospital. More police and soldiers are arriving at an increasingly violent crackdown on demonstrators there. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
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Terrified protesters in Tarmwe huddle in a shop to escape from police after they broke up a demonstration earlier today. A brutal crackdown is underway across #Yangon against anti-military protesters. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .#MilkTeaAlliance .Read more:
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BREAKING: Two confirmed dead in Mandalay crackdown after security forces open fire on unarmed protesters in Mandalay. Several others have been injured. Photos confirm live rounds fired. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .Read more on our liveblog:
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The streets of Yangon are quieter today than yesterday, though that was a day that left several dead. Parts of Insein Road this afternoon "could be described as a battle zone", said our photographer, who snapped these shots from the front lines. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Protesters turn their ire on state-owned media, describing it as "fake news" and "disinformation" as Facebook announces it will limit the spread of content from the Tatmadaw's main communication channels. Read more: #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Security forces used a wide range of ammunition against protesters in Mandalay, including live rounds and rubber bullets but also marbles, stones, nuts and screws welded together into a spike. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Police are making arrests in Sanchaung after firing tear gas repeatedly at protesters on Bagayar Road. Demonstrators had set up barricades on the road to prevent the police from detaining them. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Police have fired tear gas repeatedly at protesters in Sanchaung #Yangon this morning near Myaynigone. Reports also of a crackdown on protesters at Hledan Junction, with shots fired. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Video taken from bridge near Sule Pagoda - the epicentre of protests in downtown Yangon today calling for an end to military rule and release of Aung San Suu Kyi - shows tens of thousands marching east along Mahabandoola Road and around the pagoda. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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BREAKING: Security forces fire live rounds on protesters in the western Yangon factory district of Hlaing Tharyar. Frontier saw two demonstrators injured and thick smoke is rising from what appears to be two large fires in the area -- cause unknown. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar.
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Police fired rubber bullets into a crowd, injuring six, after people gathered outside an Ayeyarwady prison to demand the release of a school headmaster arrested for taking part in an anti-coup demonstration today. Read more: #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
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One civilian was shot dead and three injured in Yangon's Insein Township today, but – as our photographer captured – residents are fighting back with catapults and Molotov cocktails. More deaths and injuries reported across the city. Stay tuned. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Statement from Frontier Myanmar. Frontier's managing editor, Danny Fenster, was detained at Yangon International Airport this morning shortly before he was due to board a flight to Kuala Lumpur. We understand he has been transferred to Insein Prison in Yangon. (1/2).
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Hundreds of people are gathering outside the prison in Nay Pyi Taw to demand the release of around 40 students arrested this morning for staging a protest against the military regime. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.Read more on our liveblog:
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Residents in some Yangon neighbourhoods tonight held candlelight memorials for those killed by security forces today. At least 16 people died across Myanmar, including six people in Yangon. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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A protester handed a guard outside a UN office in Yangon a letter to the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and other updates from the protests this afternoon: #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
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BREAKING: Soldiers, police shooting live rounds in Mandalay's Maha Aung Myay Township, targeting homes and street protesters since late afternoon, says our reporter, who sounded exhausted and could barely speak. At least two hit with live rounds. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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BREAKING: Security forces have shot and killed a 27-year-old man in Mandalay. Zaw Myo Tun was shot in the upper chest while standing at the corner of 49th and 111th streets in Chan Mya Thar Si township. Eyewitnesses said he had not been protesting. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.
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VIDEO: Thousands of internal migrants fled violence and martial law in Yangon's industrial Hlaing Tharyar Township this morning, piling onto trucks and motorbike trishaws with their belongings. Read the full story here: . #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
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Thousands gathered last night on Hledan Road in Yangon's Kamaryut Township to memorialise slain protesters. While deadly crackdowns have diminished day-time protests, people are increasingly breaching the 8pm curfew to protest military rule at night. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Monks from the Shwegyin monastery in Yangon's Bahan Township appear to have assaulted and smashed the car windows of anti-coup demonstrators earlier today. People have gathered outside the monastery. Our reporter is on the scene: #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Protesters face off with security forces in Thaketa Township, #Yangon, earlier today. Two demonstrators suffered injuries from rubber bullets. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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As the police and army increasingly use deadly force in Yangon, protesters yesterday fortified the east of Bayintnaung Bridge, connecting Hlaing Tharyar with Mayangone Township, using burning tyres, sandbags, razor wire and volleys of Molotov cocktails. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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The campaign of civil disobedience in protest against the military coup is gaining momentum, with teachers, students and the employees of military-linked companies joining striking government medics. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .
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Hundreds of Yangon residents staged a flash protest today in heavy rain as small-scale demonstrations continue cross Myanmar, despite the military's determination to crush resistance with deadly force. Police quickly arrived at the downtown Yangon protest and made several arrests
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About 100 Myanmar Hindus rallied in front of the Indian embassy in protest of the military regime, and called on the Indian government to take action against the leaders of the coup. Read more about #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar here:
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Death and destruction in Yangon's Hlaing Tharyar Township, where factories were set ablaze and police fired live rounds at protesters. Frontier witnessed at least two deaths but is working to confirm total, which is believed to be significantly higher. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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About 200 people gathered this afternoon at a makeshift memorial where Ko Aung Paing Oo was killed in Yangon's Hlaing Township last night. Police also shot and killed two protesters in Thaketa overnight. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Video from Mandalay today showing some of the thousands out on the streets, including students, engineers and farmers. Monks are expected to join this afternoon. As in Yangon, protests are the biggest in several days. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .Read more:
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Our photographer took these photos earlier today in Yangon's Sanchaung Township, where police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse crowds. Calmed has returned, but residents continue barricading streets with rubbish bins and bamboo poles. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Video from the "princess protest". “We want to show that young girls are also participating against the military coup. We thought these costumes were the most obvious way to do that,” said one member. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .Read more on our liveblog:
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Our reporter captures the terrifying moment when police fired on demonstrators in Yangon's Thaketa Township, who had barricaded themselves in a narrow residential lane. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Today's protests are the biggest to date against the February 1 military coup and are being called the "22222 uprising" (22/2/2021). In Yangon, large crowds already at Sule (below), Hledan, Myaynigone and other areas. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .Read more:
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A sit-in on Mandalay's 26th Street ended quietly at 11:30am today, after days of shocking police brutality there. Nearby residents had barricaded the area to protect protesters but, surprisingly to many, security forces never showed up. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Residents, protesters banged pots and pans and crossed their wrists to show disapproval for a pro-military march in Yangon this morning. Our reporter saw pro-military supporters attacking civilians, threatening media. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar .Read more:
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“If ASEAN wants to help solve the Myanmar situation, they are not going to achieve anything without consulting and negotiating with the NUG, which is supported by the people and has full legitimacy,” said the national unity govt's deputy foreign minister.
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Another video from Sanchaung, where residents ran through the streets tonight searching for police after hearing a rumour they were arresting a local medical official who had joined the civil disobedience movement. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.Read more:
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A protester blacks-out a CCTV camera with spray paint in downtown Yangon's Kyauktada Township. Police have since descended on the area, prompting demonstrators to flee into nearby homes, where residents are banging pots and pans in protest. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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The junta's round-up of dissidents in recent days has left many on edge, and rumours of further arrests sent thousands onto the streets in Pazundaung (left), Sanchaung (top right) and Mingalar Taung Nyunt (bottom right). #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.Read more:
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The United States backed Kyaw Moe Tun and hailed his "bravery", with a State Department spokesman saying "we understand that the permanent representative remains in his position". #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #MilkTeaAllianceMyanmar .
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Some 1,000 young protesters are fighting a war of attrition with police in Yangon's Sanchaung Township this morning. Police move in, brake down barricades with an end loader, then retreat; protesters return, rebuild and repeat, says our photojournalist. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Heartbroken friends and family attend the funeral of Ma Su Su Kyi, 32, in Yangon this afternoon. An employee of South Korea's Shinhan Bank, she died after being shot in the head by security forces while travelling home from work on Wednesday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Frontier today has joined other independent media organisations in Myanmar in standing up for our right to report freely. Together we reject the military regime's instructions on how it should be referred to and we will continue to publish in accordance with news media ethics.
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Members of the Peacock Generation thangyat troupe were among around 800 prisoners released from Insein Prison this morning in a Myanmar New Year amnesty. Officials say around 23,000 people are expected to be freed nationally today. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Protesters flee a police charge and a barrage of stun grenades on Anawratha Road, between Sule Pagoda and Pansodan streets, in downtown Yangon.#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar .#MilkTeaAlliance
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A boycott launched in the wake of the February 1 coup has caused sales of #Myanmar #Beer to plummet – and may even have wiped US$1 billion off the value of its military-linked parent company. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .
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Foreign governments and the United Nations secretary general have strongly condemned yesterday's violent crackdown on protesters in #Mandalay that left two dead, while Facebook has removed the Tatmadaw "True News" page. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.For more:
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A Frontier reporter who was shot on March 27 recounts the growing brutality of security forces in Myanmar’s second-largest city and their efforts to stop anyone trying to document their bloody crackdowns. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .
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NLD patron U Win Htein has been remanded back to prison, after appearing in court by video link on charges of sedition today. During the hearing he urged the judge to hand down a verdict immediately in the case. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .Read more:
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Many people arrested in good health or with non-fatal injuries have died in custody. This week on Doh Athan English, Frontier spoke with their families. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .
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"We look forward to firm action by ASEAN to follow up its decisions and restore our democracy and freedom for our people and for the region," said Dr Sasa, the National Unity Government's minister of international cooperation.
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“Right before my eyes, I saw a group of men wearing police uniforms who were advancing towards protesters. But they were not police at all; they were soldiers,” a police lieutenant in Mandalay Region told Frontier. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.
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“Some are deprived of meals for two days, others are questioned whilst being threatened with a weapon, or beaten if they try to deny [the allegations],” freed Japanese journalist Yuki Kitazumi said of abuses suffered by inmates of Yangon's Insein Prison.
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"Despite the Tatmadaw’s concerted efforts to impose a news blackout on the country, brave journalists and citizen reporters are ensuring that the military’s crimes are recorded for all the world to see. We will not be cowed." #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .
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BREAKING: A man and a woman have been shot dead by security forces in #Mandalay, and another person has been critically injured. Security forces cracked down on a peaceful sit-in protest at the corner of 30th and 84th Streets about 12:45pm. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.
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Large crowds have gathered for an eighth straight day in Yangon to protest against the coup, including at Hledan and around Sule Pagoda. Here are some images our team snapped at Sule earlier today. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.Read more on our liveblog:
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1/ Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has insisted the National League for Democracy will continue to “exist” even if it is dissolved, in a message to the people passed to her lawyer during a court hearing this morning in Nay Pyi Taw. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Frontier reporter: A police officer shooting at protesters in Sanchaung is yelling, "We crack down not only because it's our duty, but also because we love to do it. Everyone who is outside now will be killed.".#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .Read more:
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Protesters have set up a line of metal shields on Anawrahta Road in downtown #Yangon after police momentarily retreated to Sule Pagoda Road. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .#MilkTeaAlliance .Read more:
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BREAKING: A third person has been confirmed dead in #Mandalay after security forces opened fire on peaceful protesters this afternoon. A volunteer doctor told Frontier "many" injured people are arriving for treatment, some in a critical condition. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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For two weeks, security forces waged a bloody war on South Dagon Township, where martial law and an uneasy standstill prevails. Frontier spoke to residents who have risked everything to resist military rule. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .
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Thousands of protesters set up a barricade using container trucks at the Pauktaw junction close to Yangon's Insein Prison. Police tried and failed to start the trucks' engines to remove them, and protesters dispersed voluntarily at 3pm. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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“I’m not afraid of their arrest and torture,” said Daw Shwe Nadi, a teacher from Yangon who is refusing to return to work. “I’m afraid of becoming a teacher who teaches the students propaganda.” #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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With youth flocking to join the Kachin Independence Army since the Tatmadaw took power, Frontier spoke to the young Kachin who believe armed revolution is the only way forward. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .
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A crowd of at least 10,000 has turned out in #Mandalay today, gathering in the heart of the city to hear speeches from protest leaders. Police made no attempt to disperse them, ensuring no repeat of Saturday's violence. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.More:
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There are more people out on the street in Yangon today than previous days – we estimate well over 100,000 people. Four major protest sites, and many smaller ones. Hledan, Sule and Myaynigone all busier. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.Read more on our liveblog:
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Scores of relatives who have lost loved ones to Tatmadaw forces face the added pain of not knowing the fate of their loved ones' remains, and not having the chance to properly farewell them. The uncertainty magnifies their grief. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.
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Members of the Yangon University Teachers' Association join the civil disobedience campaign against the military coup by wearing red ribbons at Yangon University this morning. (Frontier) #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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French energy giant Total said the military regime would no longer receive cash payments linked to a pipeline operated jointly with Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise.
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“Our children were doing what they thought was right … now we feel like we can’t help them,” said the mother of a 21-year-old University of Yangon student who is among the detained. "We don't know what to do." #whatshappeninginmyanmar .
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Thousands of residents across multiple townships in Yangon have spilled out onto the streets from 10pm – in defiance of the 8pm curfew – after rumours spread that police were arresting local dissidents. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.Read more on our liveblog:
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“My son was brutally murdered,” said the mother of one volunteer rescue worker. “Soldiers and police are not security forces who protect the public – they are terrorists!” #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .
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Demonstrators have blocked a bridge leading into and out of North Okkalapa Township, and marchers from Myaynigone are on their way to meet already-large crowds downtown. Read more: #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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The govt has written to the Myanmar Press Council warning journalists and media organisations not to refer to Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s junta as a “coup government”, claiming it is a violation of media ethics. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.Read more:
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“They also threatened us saying they could kill us and make us disappear without anyone knowing it,” said a woman who was detained for three nights, during which she saw a 19-year-old girl bruised so badly she could barely stand.
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1/ Our reporter has confirmed with doctors at North Okkalapa Hospital that security forces killed six protesters in the township today. All were men and three were shot in the head. It is the bloodiest crackdown yet in Yangon. DISTURBING CONTENT BELOW #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.
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A Chinland Defence Force spokesperson said the group had retreated into the forest in the Chin State township after days of Tatmadaw bombardment, but would “come back to attack soon”.
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“We have to pull it from the root… we must try to eradicate it,” said veteran activist Min Ko Naing, referring to the military regime. “Only the people can decide the future.”.
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1/ Power has gone out across large sections of #Myanmar. Electricity is out in #Yangon and #Mandalay, and social media reports indicate some areas of Sagaing Region, Shan State and Kayin State are also affected, suggesting a nationwide outage. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Around 3,000 people protested outside the Chinese embassy in Yangon this morning in response to rumours that China had sent IT technicians to help the junta control access to social media. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .Read more on our liveblog:
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1/ At least four people were killed and 17 injured in South Dagon Township today. Soldiers reportedly deployed grenade launchers to destroy protester barricades, while the military has also cut internet, limiting the flow of information about the clashes. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.
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Thousands have staged a massive sit-in in central Mandalay today to pay tribute to those killed in a brutal crackdown on protesters. For the first time the NLD formally joined anti-military demonstrations in the city. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .Read more:
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One said he feared being shot by security forces, who are forcing people to clear barricades at gunpoint. "We are like house rats searching for something to eat in another person's kitchen," said another, describing his terror while out buying milk.
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Photos from the clashes between security forces and protesters in Mandalay this afternoon. Police were supported by soldiers from Light Infantry Division 33, which was involved in the crackdown on the Rohingya in 2017. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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“If we don’t shoot back at [security forces], the protesters will be killed easily and protests will disappear,” said a protest leader in Tamu, adding that armed resistance was occurring in both rural and urban areas. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .
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“He was shot in the head and died immediately,” said a protester in Hsipaw, northern Shan State. The man said he rushed to hide his friend’s body in case authorities tried to take it away. “They are asking for his dead body, but we will not give them it.".
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After police and army killings, protests have been reduced to younger, more daring groups who are quickly adopting more sophisticated strategies and tools including two-way radios, makeshift armour and even the odd bullet proof vest. (Photos from Yangon).#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Teachers in their uniforms of green longyi and white shirt join and doctors in white lab coats have joined marchers to support Myanmar's civil disobedience movement near the Hledan Centre in Yangon. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Electricity is one of the largest expenses for the #Myanmar government and the military regime is facing a huge budget hole unless it can coerce users to pay up – which many have no intention of doing. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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1/ Protesters gather behind a makeshift barricade on Butaryone Road near Insein Road in Hlaing Township this afternoon. The atmosphere was mostly festive, as police made no attempt to remove them today. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Today's demonstrations in Mandalay were among the largest seen to date in the city, with monks and nuns and professional and student groups taking part. These aerial shots show a column in Chan Mya Tharzi this morning. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar .Read more:
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