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- Easter egg strike in Myanmar Anti-regime protesters launched #EasterEggStrike campaign, by drawing different messages on the egg and shared on social media as well as to the community on the Easter Sunday, April 4, in Myanmar. (Photo: CJs) #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
- Several people have been wounded and arrested in #Bagan, one of Myanmar’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as police and soldiers fired live ammunition on anti-regime protesters on Sunday morning. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
- A time lapse video shows people gathering for the ‘22222’ general strike to oppose the military regime—named for the date, Feb. 22, 2021—in downtown Yangon on Monday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
00:00 - BREAKING: At least three protesters were shot dead and more than 20 injured when Myanmar junta forces opened fire on roadblocks set up by anti-regime protesters as part of their defense line in #Kale Township, #Sagaing Region at around 5 a.m. on Apr. 7. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
- Htet Myat Aung, a 19-year-old student, was killed in Pyay, Bago Region on Saturday morning after being shot twice in the abdomen. At least three others were also severely injured as soldiers and police used live ammunition to disperse student protesters near Pyay University.
- Myanmar junta forces arrested a famous young model #PaingTakhon at his home in Yangon’s North Dagon on Apr. 8, said his sister. Denouncing the military coup, he took part in protests since February. The junta sued him under article 505a of the Penal Code. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
- The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw has announced its cabinet, calling it a “national unity government”. It promised a federal, democratic coalition and collective leadership. (Photo: CJ) #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
- Police and soldiers use rubber bullets and slingshots against #anti_coup protesters in #Mandalay on Monday afternoon. The security forces violently made arrests and some civilians were shot and injured. Journalists reporting on the event were also beaten by the security forces.
- Regime forces stormed homes in Yankin Township in Yangon and abducted at least 10 civilians at gunpoint in pre-dawn raids on Sunday. The raids followed three explosions at a General Administration Department office in the township where troops were based.
- Myanmar’s Medics Launch Civil Disobedience Campaign Against Coup
- A group of young anti-regime protesters in Yangon’s North Okkalapa, one of the six townships under martial law, hold the papers to display the phrase #SilentStrike, a nationwide campaign to keep off streets on Mar. 24 in defiance against #Myanmar military regime. (Photo: CJ)
- BREAKING: Myanmar Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun, permanent representative to the UN, on Friday denounced the military coup at an informal briefing by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the UN General Assembly. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar bit.ly/3dOQGN9
- Tens of thousands of protesters in Sule, downtown Yangon on Wednesday to protest against the #Myanmar military regime, which seized power from the country’s democratically elected government on Feb. 1. Since Feb. 6, people across the country have staged daily #anti_coup rallies.
