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08/02/2021 - People marched in line in Salin, a small township in central Burma, to protest against army general Min Aung Hlaing takeover of the country a week ago.
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Holding three-fingers, a symbolic salute in the movie Hunger Games, has become a widely shared sign of resistance against military rule in Thailand and Myanmar.
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Popular politician Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the NLD, has been put under house arrest by a faction of the military led by Min Aung Hlaing on the morning of February 1st, the day the new Parliament should have been sworn in.
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Salin, central Burma. The red ribbon symbol has been adopted by civil servants and workers across Myanmar as a symbol of opposition to the military regime.
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Red messages on cardboards: "The mission of the military is to protect us" - "We only support the Government that we voted for, NLD." - "We don't need DICTATORSHIP!" -
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08/02/2021 - In Lashio, Shan State, a monk was seen leading the protest march against the military coup. More than a decade ago, some monks already took the streets to support people's protests during the so-called 'Saffron Revolution" in 2007, which was brutally repressed.
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In Lashio, Shan state, protesters march behind a banner with the message : "They have only guns [the army] / We have only each other"
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Messages in Burmese: "For the military coup to fail, all people need to gather" and "We condemn the military dictatorship which doesn't value the people"
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Lashio, Shan State. The banner "Free Our leaders" portrays President U Win Myint and NLD leader Aund San Suu Kyi, both arrested by a morning raid on February 1st.
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A protester holds a crossed portrait of Min Aung Hlaing, army general who seized absolute power in Myanmar a week ago.
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In Lashio, Shan State, a man holds the Burmese flag.
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Soldiers are seen in the background of the protest march against the military coup in Lashio, Shan State.
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Portfolio 9 février 2021
The Myanmar Project: Streets of protest (2)
Since the military coup on Feb 1st, hundreds of thousands of people have taken the streets to express their anger at the electoral steal and their wish of a federal democracy governed by civilians. These pictures are the fieldwork of recent graduates in journalism who are now covering the protests from all around the country. In the second series, Salin in central Burma and Lashio, Shan state.