Myanmar
Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, called for revolt in “every corner of the country” against the regime.
The junta has allowed minimal contact with Frontier Myanmar editor Fenster, 37 – a few 20-minute phone calls in which US embassy staff hold together one phone connected to Insein Prison and another connected to his parents and brother in Detroit.
On the frontline, a fighter for the Chinland Defence Force (CDF) enticed Tatmadaw soldiers to side with the people.
The National Unity Government aired Radio NUG at 8am, with another 30-minute slot broadcast at 16SW and 17.71 megahertz (MHz) tonight at 8pm.
A former Myanmar model has become the latest celebrity to call for action against the regime from the territory of an ethnic armed group.
The Myanmar military should end the detention of “amazing” mixed martial arts star Phoe Thaw, 36, say his friends, after the athlete was badly wounded in a bomb explosion and later arrested last week.
In the days following February 1, China described the coup as “a major cabinet reshuffle” and stayed quiet on the growing number of civilian deaths at the hands of the Tatmadaw.
Posing in the jungle with a gun in hand, one of Myanmar’s best martial arts prospects has implored her fellow athletes to take a stand against the regime.
The dictator went to check on burned Chinese factories in Hlaing Thar Yar township, where his troops massacred more than 40 people a month ago.