Burma: "A conflict between the will of the people and the military"
A protester burns a portrait of Burmese army chief Min Aung Hlaing in Mandalay on February 3.
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Burmese generals on Thursday ordered internet providers to block access to Facebook, three days after their coup against the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
If a disobedience movement against the military dictatorship seems to be taking shape, the army remains a threat to the monks.
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Contacted by RFI, it is a monk from Mandalay who speaks about the military raid in his monastery.
He wants to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals from the army.
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I don't feel safe, I'm uncomfortable.
And everyone here has little hope.
On February 1, about fifty soldiers raided our monastery and without asking any questions or discussing, they took one of my colleagues.
We learned that he had received a two-year prison sentence.
This monk had been one of the leaders of the revolution of Safran in 2007. He was arrested for his very critical remarks against the dictatorship and the leaders of the junta who act against democratic principles.
Our colleague was taken to a detention center and no one is allowed to visit him.
It was learned that he had been tortured and very seriously injured by the soldiers who arrested him and took him away in handcuffs.
We have all been battered without exception.
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Since the coup d'état last Monday in Burma, civil disobedience has been taking place.
Pot concerts every evening at 8 p.m., closures of some stores, it is now the turn of the doctors to launch a call to strike in many cities across the country.
On Wednesday, several protesting doctors were arrested in Mandalay, others managed to escape.
In Yangon, the disobedience movement against the military dictatorship is taking shape, despite the pandemic, as a surgeon who wished to remain anonymous explained to RFI.
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More than a hundred public hospitals, that is to say more than a thousand doctors, nurses and nursing staff have started a campaign of civil disobedience to the military.
Some have left their posts, others will continue to treat patients, but they will no longer respond to orders from the military government.
In other words, some have stopped work and others will wear a red band to signify that they are ready to treat patients, but will now refuse to receive instructions from the military.
Even if some services have been closed in public hospitals, it will still be possible for patients who need them to go to clinics, where general practitioners will take care of them.
This is only the very beginning of the disobedience campaign.
Finally, a lot of people overseas are considering opening some kind of emergency fund to raise money and help anyone who has left their post.
This is not a conflict between the NLD and the army, it is a conflict between the will of the people and the military
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