Burma: new demonstrations and tougher repression
Yangon, Burma, February 28: The gatherings of opponents of the military junta were violently dispersed by the police.
According to local sources, three people were killed by police who fired live ammunition in Dawei, in the south of the country.
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This Sunday February 28, in Burma, it is a day of general strike.
The Burmese had planned to demonstrate in the streets, but the police violently dispersed the processions as soon as they formed.
The security forces had announced that they would break up any gathering of more than 5 people.
According to local sources, the repression has already claimed several victims this Sunday, especially in the south of the country.
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New rallies protesting against the military coup in Burma were violently dispersed this Sunday by security forces.
In Yangon, Khine, a young demonstrator, had to take refuge in an apartment when the police charged her procession.
She wears a floral dress and explains to us that she dressed this way to try to make the police believe that she is a mother, and not a protester, and thus go more unnoticed, reports our correspondent. ,
Juliette Verlin
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A few minutes earlier, the procession of language students of which Khine was a part was violently dispersed by police charges, stun grenades and fire from rubber bullets.
The students fled in all directions and some, including Khine, were taken in by locals.
In the street, just below the apartment, the population managed to negotiate the release of a protester arrested by the police, and the atmosphere relaxed.
Three people killed in Dawei
In the north of Rangoon, the atmosphere is much more tense: the police charge the demonstrators and many injuries and one death are already reported.
In the south of the country, in the coastal town of Dawei, three people were killed and around 20 others were injured when authorities intervened against a rally, according to a health worker and local media, cited by Agence France hurry.
According to these same sources, the three people killed were hit "by live ammunition", while the wounded were hit by rubber bullets.
"There could be many more victims because we continue to receive wounded", adds this witness.
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