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About 60 security forces came with 5 vehicles raided Student Union office of #Yangon University around 4PM today - no students presence at the office.
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House of a #journalist in Hakha, Chin State was attacked by security forces with slingshot last night - local ethnic media reported. “They shot only into that house, nowhere else” it says.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
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Interesting enough, a person at #Myanmar army’s presser - claimed to be a journalist and said he could attend @WhiteHouse pressers without the need of visa. He added “Journalists here are chasing USD.”. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Myanmar army spox. - no plan to enable the mobile internet so far bcos riots are brewed on social media and will need to cut the internet indefinitely.
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Yangon:
Passengers wave off 3fingers salute, Drivers honk today - a form of protest in early weeks of coup in #Myanmar - Marching (or) Sit-in protests are dispersed by security forces Protesters find tacts to keep the protest to not die down
(FILE PHOTOS)
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Seasonal flower, “Ngu-Wah” spotted together with pro-democracy protest vinyl in Yangon. It’s the flower, which blossoms at same time with famous “Burma Padauk” which greets Thingyan, 1st month of Burmese calendar. #WhatsHappeningInMaynmar
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HappeningNow: Thaketa Tsp, Yangon, got casualties while security police dispersed protest crowd. One person got it in the head (Critical) and one on leg.
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Talked to a resident in Aungpan (Southern Shan) just now - said security forces started shooting guns since abt 9:30AM & still in some areas
- No protest in town today
but the barricades only
- 5+ killed and 17+ injured
- Teargas and live bullets are used
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19th street, one busiest street of Yangon nightlife. Not even closed to what you and I remember how vibrant it was then. Some shops are closing and workers returning to their hometowns aldy.
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Thread: A person was forced by #Myanmar security forces to remove barricades in Yankin this afternoon. 3 police asked the man to move 15 sandbags alone from protesters' barricades said "You have to clean up your people’s mess“
(File Photo)
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Mother of KhantNyarHein gave a msg to #China govt. at the funeral- “I’m a #Chinese, I don’t like like China’s govt., Not at all. I lost my son today. He is precious one. I’ll not be recalcitrant to this”
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Docs & med. students paid tribute at the funeral. I understand it was a chain of funerals today at the cemetary - mostly the ones who died over last weekend. The death toll due to crackdown is about to hit 200. ("183 killed" @aapp_burma mentioned)
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Funeral of a Myanmar born Chinese, KHANT NYAR HEIN, 18 yro, fresh year student of University of Medicine. He was shot dead on last Saturday, the day when 40 ppl were killed during security forces' crackdown on pro-democracy protest. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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HappeningNow: Local media reported a factory on fire in Hlaing Tharyar, a township under martial law on top of 8PM-4AM curfew. No one aside from security forces is allowed to be outside.
Chinese embassy blamed protesters for factories fire on Monday.
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Photos of dead ones hanged together in a tsp. in Yangon. Paying tribute. More than 100 pro-democracy protesters died within 6-weeks of Myanmar #militarycoup.
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Townships in Yangon & Mandalay, plant black flags at protest spots expressing “We’re gonna fight back”. This happens after death-tolls run up during security forces’ multiple crackdowns on pro-democracy protesters. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Acting vice-president MahnWinKhaingThan (@CrphMyanmar) addresses the public for 1st time. Some points 👇🏼
- Condolences to families for the losses of sons and daughters
- Unity is crucial despite having differences in the past
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Yangon night strike.
Voices on roads attract more protesters and it gets louder than an hour ago. A male injured in MingalarTaungNyunt when security forces dispersed the protest. I hear the sounds of flashbangs often too.
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This is a scene in Yangon. Anti-coup protesters hold sit-in protests with candles in darker hours. This way, ppl start ‘TaPoung La’ (Last month of Burmese calendar before Thingyan). Many pray for the ones died in past weeks. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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JUST IN: Poland foreign affairs ministry has confirmed with me that a Polish journalist was detained in Myanmar
Bangkok-based polish consul is working with Myanmar-based German consul to give assistance to journalist.
(Photo circulated on social media)
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Just found out #Myanmar military propaganda channel #MRTV has a @Twitter account (@mrtvwebportal) Earliest post of the account is on Feb4. Cannot verify if it’s setup by its respective ministry. @facebook took down army related pages on Feb21.
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Military spox. says “Myanmar is not committing a crime to meet R2P criteria. I am not worried about it.”
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Briefly spoke to a person with the dead body.
I quote him 👇
"We cannot send the body to morgue rn. A police vehicle is following us. They might take away the body."
"Mother and wife is with the body. We are on move."
Vid sent and allowed to use.
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HappeningNow: reportedly 1 man shot dead in North Dagon tsp. Witnesses say the dead protester was shot into his head. Cannot verify what sort of bullet had been used. Another one is said to get hit the lower body & otw to medic.#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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OnGoing:
Security forces are raiding and surrounding MaHlwaGon Railway station ward in MingalarTaungNyunt township since early morning.
I've been there & almost all the workers in the ward join #CivilDisobedienceMovement against Myanmar junta.
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