Yangon-Anti-coup demonstrators\u00a0returned\u00a0to the streets of Myanmar Saturday, a day after a United Nations envoy urged the Security Council to hear the nation\u2019s \u201cdesperate pleas\u201d and take swift action to restore democracy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The country has been in turmoil since a February 1 putsch ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power, triggering a massive uprising from hundreds of thousands angered to be returned to military rule. Security forces have escalated an increasingly brutal crackdown on demonstrators — killing more than 50 people since the coup — but protesters rallied again on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
From the dusty roads of northern Lashio — where young protesters stared down police behind homemade shields — to central Loikaw city in view of Myanmar\u2019s eastern mountains, demonstrators continued to march for democracy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cOur revolution must win,\u201d chanted protesters in Loikaw, who included civil servants such as teachers in their green and white uniforms. <\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yangon-Anti-coup demonstrators\u00a0returned\u00a0to the streets of Myanmar Saturday, a day after a United Nations envoy urged the Security Council to hear the nation\u2019s \u201cdesperate pleas\u201d and take swift action to restore democracy. The country has been in turmoil since a February 1 putsch ousted civilian leader […]<\/p>\n
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