Thousands Of Burmese Demonstrate In The Streets As Coup Plotters Block Internet Access International

  • Myanmar saw its largest anti-coup protests yet yesterday with young demonstrators spilling on to the streets to denounce the countrys new military regime, despite a nationwide internet blackout aimed at stifling a growing chorus of popular dissent.

    Down with the military dictatorship! crowds yelled, many donning red headbands - the colour associated with Suu Kyis National League for Democracy party.

    A civil disobedience movement has been building in Myanmar all week, with doctors and teachers ... [see source for more information]