Anti-coup protests grow as army broadens internet crackdown
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 29, 2019 Myanmar human rights activist and film director Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi leaves the court escorted by police after a court verdict in Yangon. – The military coup on February 1, 2021 stunned those within and outside Myanmar, bringing a 10-year experiment in democracy to a shuddering halt by returning the reins of power to the military, but for those who have long been vocal against Myanmar’s brutal junta regime the events leading up to it were all too familiar. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) (more…)