Myanmar forces fire tear gas, stun grenades on protest as U.N. envoy calls for action
(Reuters) - Myanmar security forces used tear gas and stun grenades to break up a protest in Yangon on Saturday, just hours after a United Nations special envoy called on the Security Council to take action against the ruling junta for the killings of protesters.
It looks like it is time to organize a UN security force and invade. I'm all in.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics/myanmar-forces-fire-tear-gas-stun-grenades-on-protest-as-u-n-envoy-calls-for-action-idUSKBN2AY04R
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Also,
Grave of slain 'Everything will be OK' protester disturbed in Myanmar
(Reuters) - Guarded by police and soldiers, authorities in Myanmar disturbed the grave of a 19-year-old woman who became an icon of the anti-coup protest movement after she was shot dead wearing a T-shirt that read “Everything will be OK”, a witness and local media said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-victim/grave-of-slain-everything-will-be-ok-protester-disturbed-in-myanmar-idUSKBN2AY08X
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It's a madhouse.
Now, a politician *apparently* had been arrested and died suspiciously while in custody
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The call by the unions came as an official from the party of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi died overnight in police custody. The cause of death of National League for Democracy official Khin Maung Latt was not known.
Ba Myo Thein, a member of the upper house of parliament which was dissolved after the coup, said reports of bruising to Khin Maung Latt’s head and body raised suspicions that he had been abused.
“It seems that he was arrested at night and tortured severely,” he told Reuters. “This is totally unacceptable.”
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Actually, the main thrust of this article is how 9 major labor unions have voted to go on strike.
This has a long long way to go. The coup is being met with much resistance.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics/unions-call-for-total-strike-in-myanmar-suu-kyi-party-official-dies-in-custody-idUSKBN2AY0ME
@Duchess64 said to Eot:
"Earl of Trumps apparently believes that if a country's security forces use force against
protestors, particularly if they kill them, that justifies foreign military intervention in that country."
Eot: well, you just made a stupid focking assumption, eh? All cases need their own examination
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@Duchess64 said to Eot:
"At least, Earl of Trumps apparently believes that applies to Myanmar, but NOT to the USA."
Eot: I see, Princess. Did I reveal my view in Kent State anywhere in RHP?
You know you are just making up chit as you go, commonly known as TROLLING"
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@Duchess64 said to Eot:
"The US police and military have long records of using force, even deadly force, against protestors."
Eot: looooooooooooong. I see. So how loooooooooong is China's record on deadly force to protestors?
Tiananmen, Square...? Or can we go back to Chou En-lei, or Mao?
Brain fog. See a doc, Duchess
The post that was quoted here has been removedHold on, Duchess... you have a long long way to go here to connect dots. I konw what I said about Myanmar but...
You missed this: "I see, Princess. Did I reveal my view in Kent State anywhere in RHP?"
Now, what exactly does this Myanmar situation have to do with Kent State, 1970 again??
EU preparing sanctions on Myanmar military businesses, documents show --- Reuters
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is preparing to widen its sanctions on Myanmar’s armed forces to target businesses they run, in protest at the Feb. 1 military coup, according to diplomats and two internal documents seen by Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-eu/exclusive-eu-preparing-sanctions-on-myanmar-military-businesses-documents-show-idUSKBN2B01D1
@sonhouse saidWhat are you driving at Sonhouse? I can't read your mind here.
@Earl-of-Trumps
You mean aside from the fact the Myanmar killed about 4 times that of Kent?
BTW, sonhouse, Duchess64 has proposed that since I support - say, as an example, some insurgents like the revolutionaries in the colonies, circa 1765, that means I must support ALL revolutionaries, lest I be a hypocrite.
Do you buy that??
I know one thing, I always loathed the Tamil Tigers and the Shining Path. Does that make me a bad person? 😆
@earl-of-trumps saidInteresting that the pretense for the coup was an assertion of election fraud (widespread inconsistencies/irregularities), despite the absence of evidence that the irregularities/inconsistencies were substantial enough to alter the outcome. They successfully pulled off what the Trump supporters were trying to do.
Myanmar forces fire tear gas, stun grenades on protest as U.N. envoy calls for action
(Reuters) - Myanmar security forces used tear gas and stun grenades to break up a protest in Yangon on Saturday, just hours after a United Nations special envoy called on the Security Council to take action against the ruling junta for the killings of protesters.
...[text shortened]... ester-disturbed-in-myanmar-idUSKBN2AY08X
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It's a madhouse.