Making their voices heard: Buddhist monks leading a protest march supporting the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the government in exile representing ousted National League for Democracy lawmakers in Mandalay. The most powerful group of Buddhist monks in Myanmar called on the junta to end violence against protesters and accused an ‘armed minority’ of torture and killing innocent civilians following last month’s coup, the media reported yesterday. — AP
A United Nations team of investigators on Myanmar appealed for people to collect and preserve documentary evidence of crimes ordered by the military since the Feb 1 coup in order to build cases against its leaders.
More than 200 protesters have been killed by security forces trying to crush a wave of demonstrations since the junta seized power in the country, says activist group the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
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