Junta forces have killed at least 1,500 civilians who were targeted at peaceful protests or in raids on homes and business, according to the United Nations Human Rights Office
Protesters defend a barricade as soldiers and the police attempt to clear the streets in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 16, 2021. Daily protests in the days after the military seized power have been replaced by an eerie quiet. (The New York Times)
In the days after the military in Myanmar seized power on Feb. 1 last year, millions of people took to the streets to oppose the takeover, walking off their jobs in what has become an enduring nationwide civil disobedience movement and resisting the junta’s murderous violence.©2019 New York Times News Service