Today, 30 days have passed since the Myanmar army declared control of power in the country, according to General Aung Helangen, who arrested the traditional leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, the state advisor Aung San Suu Kyi, and President Win Myint, after the forces took control of Several governmental installations.
Since then, Myanmar has lived through the daily protests, which left 21 people dead in the latest toll published by Reuters, as a result of the bloody suppression of demonstrations by the security forces.
Several people were injured in the northwestern town of Kalay today, Tuesday, when police fired live ammunition to disperse a crowd of demonstrators, and witnesses said that the police intervened violently to disperse protesters in Yangon as well, chanting slogans against the military rule, to disperse them.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the ousted leader of Myanmar, appeared before the court via a video link on Monday, the first time her lawyers saw her since her arrest on February 1 after a military coup.
A lawyer for Suu Kyi, 75, said she appeared in good health while appearing in court in the capital, Naypyidaw. He added that two new charges were added to the charges against her.
She was initially accused of illegally importing six radios, and then an accusation was added for violating the Natural Disasters Act for violating the rules for combating Corona virus.
Yesterday, Monday, the lawyer said that two other accusations were added, one of which is related to violating a law of the colonial era that prohibits the publication of information that may "raise feelings of fear and anxiety," and the other is related to a communications law that provides for obtaining licenses to possess equipment, and the next session is scheduled for March 15th.
Protesters, many wearing hard hats and improvised shields, gathered behind barriers in the main city of Yangon and chanted slogans against the military rule, according to Reuters.
The protesters chanted, "If we are suppressed, there will be an explosion. And if we are hit, we will strike," before police forces fired stun grenades to disperse crowds in at least four places in the city.
There were no reports of injuries in Yangon, but several people were injured in the northwestern town of Kalay when police fired live ammunition to disperse a crowd, according to a pro-democracy activist and a journalist in the town. Activist War War Pune said, "Several people were injured, two of them in critical condition." ".
And the foreign ministers of neighboring countries intend to hold talks with the army in an attempt to stop the violence and find a way out of the crisis.
Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said his counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would speak frankly when they meet via video link on Tuesday and inform a representative of the Burmese military that the violence had shocked them.
He added in a televised interview on Monday evening that the association would call for a dialogue between Suu Kyi and the ruling military council.
ASEAN comprises Myanmar, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam.
International condemnations
For its part, the United States threatened the Myanmar military rulers Monday to take more measures if the country's security forces continued to kill unarmed protesters and attack journalists and activists.
"If the Burmese army continues this approach, and if the Burmese army refuses to restore the democratically elected government and end the disgraceful violence against peaceful protesters, then there will be next additional measures from the United States," State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a press conference.
A White House official said that the United States is preparing additional sanctions against those responsible for the recent violence.
A United Nations spokesman also said that the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, strongly condemns the violent crackdown in Myanmar, and is deeply disturbed by the increase in the number of dead and wounded.
"The use of lethal force against peaceful demonstrators and arbitrary arrests is unacceptable," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement. The Secretary-General urges the international community to join hands and send a clear signal to the army that the will of the people of Myanmar must be respected, according to what was expressed in the elections. Stop the oppression. "
Britain has said that the escalating violence against protesters in Myanmar is appalling and that it is calling on the country's military leaders to return to democracy.
The United Nations Office for Human Rights said that Myanmar police shot protesters earlier in the country on Sunday, in the bloodiest day for weeks of demonstrations against the military coup, killing at least 18 people.
A spokeswoman for the British Foreign Office said, "By working with the United States and Canada, the United Kingdom is taking action to impose human rights sanctions on nine Myanmar military officers, including the Chief of Staff, for their role in the coup." Clearly we say that this violence must stop and democracy must be restored. " .
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