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February 22, 2021

Protests Intensify in Burma After 3 Demonstrators Die Amid Violent Crackdown
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In Burma, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets today as
part of a general strike against the February 1 military coup, despite
threats of more deadly violence from the military junta. The massive
demonstrations are taking place after two protesters were killed
Saturday, including a 16-year-old, as police fired on peaceful crowds in
the city of Mandalay. On Friday, a 20-year-old became the first known
fatality of the protests, after succumbing to her gunshot injuries from
earlier this month. This is a protester speaking from Rangoon Sunday.

Soe Paing: "People died yesterday. We protested peacefully, but people
had to die. The junta wants to stop us from coming out on the streets,
so they strongly respond to us. We, the people, won't accept their
unfair oppression, and we will continue to fight."



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