Protesters hit the streets across Myanmar on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of 1962 student protests against the first imposition of military rule in Myanmar.
On the anniversary, the protesters vowed defiance against the junta’s latest incarnation more than five months after it seized power. Around one hundred protesters gathered in the commercial capital Yangon. Anti-army slogans filled the air as some let off smoke bombs in orange and blue. Dozens also gathered in the second city of Mandalay. Protesters burned an army flag, images on local media showed.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the generals ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February, with pro-democracy protests met by a brutal military crackdown that has killed more than 880, according to a local monitoring group