Tag Archives: Protesters

Myanmar protesters decry arrests, beatings as junta fights for control

Chaos erupted in Mandalay, a hotbed of anti-military sentiment, when plainclothes police emerged from vehicles minutes into a protest, firing guns and beating demonstrators who fell as hundreds fled, according to four witnesses. They said they saw about 30 people arrested. “There are no words to describe their cruelty,” Aung Pyae Sone Phyo, 21, a… Read More »

Protesters give government until Mar 26 to repeal Digital Security Act

Nagorik Somaj, a platform of different organisations led by Zafrullah Chowdhury, trustee of the Gonoshasthaya Kendra, raised the demand on Wednesday and called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to consider it. Led by Zafrullah in a wheelchair, the protesters marched towards the Prime Minister’s Office from the National Press Club. On being stopped by the… Read More »