Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, called for revolt in “every corner of the country” against the regime.
Smoke, rubble and gunshot wounds have conjured images of Yangon neighbourhoods as “battlegrounds” this week, and though the term helps emphasise the severity of the situation, it can also be slightly misleading.
Pots and pans could be heard well past the usual 8pm chorus last night as Yangon neighbours protected each other from midnight arrests that have accelerated over recent days.
Yangon protestors raising the three-finger salute of resistance called for the fall of the military regime in flash protests across the city yesterday.
It started with a few candles illuminating Yangon balconies at about 6pm and ended with a crescendo of clashing pots and pans – a rejection of the military coup so thunderous that the sound may well have reached Naypyidaw.
Acting president of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi La, called for revolt in “every corner of the country” against the regime.
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