Demonstrators run from a police water canon as they protest against the coup, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Feb 18, 2021. - Reuters
YANGON (Reuters): Protesters were out again across Myanmar on Thursday (Feb 18) to denounce the Feb 1 coup and arrest of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, with police resorting to force to disperse crowds, using water cannon in the capital and catapults in a northern town.
The daily protests and strikes that have paralysed many government offices show no sign of easing despite a junta promise of a new election and appeals for civil servants to return to work and threats of action if they do not.
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