Pro-democracy Buddhist monks and other supporters take part in a demonstration against the junta in Mandalay on September 25, 2021, marking the 14-year anniversary of the 2007 Saffron revolution. - AFP
YANGON, Sept 25 (AFP): Scores of pro-democracy Buddhist monks took to the streets of Myanmar's second-biggest city Saturday, rallying against the military coup in demonstrations that coincided with the 14th anniversary of previous clergy-led mass protests.
Myanmar has been in turmoil and its economy paralysed since February when the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government, ending a ten-year experiment with democracy.
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