{"id":112245,"date":"2021-02-11T03:19:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T03:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=112245"},"modified":"2021-02-11T03:19:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T03:19:51","slug":"myanmars-anti-coup-protesters-defy-crackdown-with-humour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/myanmars-anti-coup-protesters-defy-crackdown-with-humour\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar's anti-coup protesters defy crackdown with humour"},"content":{"rendered":"
(Reuters) – Protesters returned to the streets of Myanmar on Wednesday despite the shooting of a young woman the previous day, with some deploying humour to emphasise their peaceful opposition to this month\u2019s military takeover.<\/p>\n
The coup has drawn Western condemnation. U.S. President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on the U.S. response at 1 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Wednesday, the White House said. He is expected to announce sanctions on those responsible for the takeover, according to a person familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n
Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing, 19, was the first known serious casualty of the protests and her wounding rallied support for the movement seeking to reverse the Feb. 1 coup and free elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her allies from detention.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot stay quiet,\u201d youth leader Esther Ze Naw told Reuters. \u201cIf there is blood shed during our peaceful protests, then there will be more if we let them take over the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
There were no reports of violence on Wednesday and in many places protests took on a festive air, with bare-chested body builders, women in ball gowns and wedding dresses, farmers on tractors and people with their pets.<\/p>\n
Thousands joined demonstrations in the main city of Yangon, while in the capital, Naypyitaw, hundreds of government workers marched in support of a growing civil disobedience campaign.<\/p>\n
A group of police in Kayah state in the east marched in uniform with a sign that said \u201cWe don\u2019t want dictatorship\u201d, according to pictures published in the media.<\/p>\n
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