BBC journalist freed in Myanmar as anti-coup protests roll on


File photo taken on Jan 27, 2020 shows Aung Thura posing for a photo during his coverage of a Myanmar Parliament meeting in Naypyidaw. - AFP

YANGON (AFP): A BBC journalist held in Myanmar has been freed, the broadcaster said on Monday (March 22), as demonstrators took to the streets for fresh anti-coup protests against the military.

Myanmar's junta has unleashed deadly violence on protesters who have risen against the military's ousting of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi last month.

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