Tens of thousands of people rallied across Myanmar to denounce the military coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The nation-wide demonstration is believed to be the biggest protest since the 2007 Saffron Revolution that helped lead to democratic reforms. The junta has ended a day-long blockade of the internet that had further inflamed anger since the coup that has halted the Southeast Asian nation's troubled transition to democracy and drawn international outrage

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Protests swell in Myanmar one week after military coup ► https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/08/protest-myanmar-aung-san-suu-kyi-third-day-coup-spread

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