Myanmar protests continue as UN urged to hear ‘pleas’

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 07, 2021 12:11 am

YANGON: Anti-coup demonstrators returned to the streets of Myanmar on Saturday, a day after a United Nations envoy urged the Security Council to hear the nation’s “desperate pleas” and take swift action to restore democracy.

RELEASE HER Protesters react as they are engulfed by tear gas fired by police andas other demonstrators let off fire extinguishers, during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on March 6, 2021. AFP PHOTO

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