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G-7 Condemns Myanmar Coup

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   Foreign ministers from the G-7 group of nationson Wednesdaycondemned
   the coup in Myanmarandexpressed deep concern about the detention of
   Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders.

   "We are deeply concerned by the detention of political leaders and
   civil society activists, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi
   and President Win Myint, and targeting of the media," the foreign
   ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United
   States said in a statement.

   They called on Myanmar's military to end its declared state of
   emergency and to allow unrestricted humanitarian access to support the
   most vulnerable people in the country.

   "The November election results must berespectedand Parliament should be
   convened at the earliest opportunity," the G-7 ministerssaid.

   Wednesday also brought a work stoppage by staff at 70 hospitals and
   medical departments in 30 towns to protest the coup.

   A statement from the newly formed Myanmar Civil Disobedience Movement
   said the army had put its own interests abovea population facing
   hardships during the pandemic that has killed more than 3,100 people in
   Myanmar.

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