More than 100,000 protest in Myanmar streets against coup

Demonstrators reject army claim that majority of country support military junta

More than a hundred thousand people have poured on to the streets in Myanmar to voice their anger against the coup and reject an army claim that it has majority support.

At a demonstration in Myanmar’s main city, Yangon – the largest there since the deployment of troops on Sunday – protesters marched with red flags signalling their loyalty to the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and carried signs denouncing the military.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/17/suu-kyi-myanmar-trial-protests-military
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The Article Was Written/Published By: A reporter in Yangon and Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent

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