Burma: another murderous day for protesters
Law enforcement and protesters face to face in Mandalay on Wednesday March 3, 2021. AP
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Burmese forces fired live ammunition again and used tear gas on Wednesday (March 3) against pro-democracy protesters in several cities across the country.
There are at least seven dead and many injured, several of whom are in critical condition.
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At least five protesters died from live ammunition in the center of the country, two of whom died on March 3, 2021 near Mandalay, one shot in the head and the other in the chest.
Protesters are losing their lives to a regime choosing power over peace.
#RestInPower https://t.co/vpakQGCWkl
- Network for Human Rights Documentation - Burma (@NDBurma) March 3, 2021
Protests continue on Wednesday in several cities across the country, including Yangon, the economic capital of Burma, where people have blocked roads with tires and barbed wire to prevent police from approaching them.
Near the famous Sule Pagoda in the center of town, protesters strewn the ground with printed portraits of
Min Aung Hlaing, the general responsible for the coup
, a tactic to slow down security forces who are doing everything to avoid walk on these portraits.
Six Burmese journalists, including Thein Zaw, a photographer with the American agency Associated Press (AP), were arrested and charged.
They are accused of "
causing fear among the population, spreading false information or inciting government employees to disobedience,
" according to their lawyer.
Day after day, repression is increasing: Internet cuts, strengthening of the repressive arsenal, waves of arrests, use of lethal force.
The junta is stepping up its response to anti-coup rallies and becoming more and more deadly.
Sunday was also particularly deadly with at least 18 dead in the ranks of the demonstrators, according to the United Nations.
The way injured people are treated by police in Burma
Credit: Sandi Bo # WhatsHapppeningInMyanmar #Myanmar pic.twitter.com/6x73EIHGIE
- AAPP (Burma) (@aapp_burma) March 3, 2021
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