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Burmese Activist: “It’s Not an Anti-Coup Protest. It’s a Revolution; An Uprising!”

Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Burmese pro-democracy activist & Human rights defender

05-Mar-21 14:00

Burmese Activist: “It’s Not an Anti-Coup Protest. It’s a Revolution; An Uprising!”

38 people died on Wednesday, including a 19-year-old who was shot in the head, in what the United Nations has called the “bloodiest” day of the Myanmar crisis. We speak to an activist from Myanmar to share her insights on the ongoing protests against the military, as well as what they hope to achieve from it.

Image source: EPA-EFE

Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Dashran Yohan, Juliet Jacobs, Hezril Asyraaf


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