This photo taken and received courtesy of an anonymous source via Facebook on April 13, 2021 shows protesters carrying A-taui pots filled with Thingyan festival flowers during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon's Hlaing township. - AFP
YANGON (AFP): The UN rights chief warned Tuesday (April 13) Myanmar could be spiralling towards a "full-blown" Syrian-style conflict, after a two-month crackdown that a local monitoring group says has already claimed more than 700 lives.
Myanmar is in chaos and its economy has been paralysed since the military seized power from civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb 1.
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