‘We have to win’: Myanmar protesters persevere as forces ramp up violence

Violent scenes play out across country as police crack down against peaceful protestersYe Swan Htet, 23, had joined a sit-down protest on a bridge in west Yangon when he saw police approaching. Officers were carrying guns, he remembered, but he didn’t expect them to actually shoot. The protest was peaceful; crowds were singing and clapping.Then, gun fire rang out all around him. Bricks burst open and a branch snapped from a tree. “There was a guy who got hit in his thigh by a rubber bullet, so I carried him to an ambulance,” he said. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/28/we-have-to-win-myanmar-protesters-persevere-as-forces-ramp-up-violence #myanmar #south_and_central_asia #aung_san_suu_kyi #world_news