This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch on May 1, 2021 shows protesters holding posters featuring detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. - AFP
YANGON, May 1 (AFP): Explosions blasted off throughout Myanmar's largest city Yangon on Saturday as protesters held flash marches for democracy, defying a brutal junta that has held onto power for three blood-drenched months.
The country has been in an uproar since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, bringing an abrupt end to Myanmar's short-lived experiment with democracy.
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