Opponents of military rule in Myanmar inscribed messages of
protest on Easter eggs on Sunday while thousands of others were back on the
streets, denouncing a February 1 coup and facing off with the security forces
who shot and killed at least three men.
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In the latest in a series of impromptu shows of defiance,
messages including “Spring Revolution”, “We must win” and “Get out MAH” —
referring to junta leader Min Aung Hlaing — were seen on eggs in photographs on
social media.
“Easter is all about the future and the people of Myanmar
have a great future in a federal democracy,” Dr Sasa, international envoy for
the ousted civilian government, said in a statement.
Sasa, who uses only one name, is a member of a largely
Christian ethnic minority in the predominantly Buddhist country.
The campaign against the ouster of the elected government of
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has included protests, a civil disobedience
campaign of strikes and quirky acts of rebellion that spread on social media.
Young people in the main city Yangon handed out eggs bearing
the messages of protest, pictures in posts showed.
Crowds have come onto the streets day and night, despite a
bloody crackdown and round-ups of activist leaders, to reject the return of
military rule after a decade of tentative steps towards democracy.
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP),
an activist group monitoring casualties and arrests, said the toll of dead had
risen to 557, as of late Saturday.
In the capital, Naypyitaw, two men were killed when police
fired on protesters on motorbikes, the Irrawaddy news site reported. One man
was killed earlier in the northern town of Bhamo, the Myanmar Now news outlet
said.
Police and a spokesman for the junta did not answer
telephone calls seeking comment.
Several thousand marched in the second city Mandalay and in
other towns in the north and the south. A huge crowd, including many women in
straw hats, streamed through the central town of Taze chanting slogans,
pictures from DVB TV News showed.
The AAPP said 2,658 people were in detention, including four
women and a man who spoke to a visiting CNN news crew in interviews on the
streets of Yangon last week.
A spokesman for CNN said the network was aware of reports of
detentions following the team’s visit and was “pressing the authorities for
information”.
Struggling to end the protests, the junta has intensified a
campaign to stifle criticism, ordering internet providers to cut wireless
broadband which most people use for internet access.
It has also announced arrest warrants for nearly 60
celebrities known for opposition to the coup, including social media
influencers, models and a hip-hop star, under a law against inciting dissent in
the armed forces.
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