Research Methodology and Challenges This research report is based on the data consistently collected by Athan on social media regarding the peaceful assemblies and public demonstrations against the military’s grip on power in Myanmar following the coup, as well as unlawful and brutal crackdowns on protests, as well as separate interviews with participants of the public campaigns, strike committees, and lawyers with legal expertise. According to the analysis of the reasons, some people were arrested in protests in association with exercising their right to peaceful assembly and procession, some others were held at home or other locations for allegedly participating in past protests, and some were taken into custody arbitrarily without committing any offences. As a result, we found it quite challenging to verify whether every individual in our findings was arrested for participating in peaceful assemblies. As a significant challenge, the research team could not conduct in-person interviews with the interviewees due to security concerns based on the ongoing situation on the ground. Another challenge was the fact that the active youth participants of the flash mobs could not attend the interview appointments afterward because they had to hide from the terrorist junta. Acknowledgment We would like to thank everyone for taking the time to provide information that is useful in the anti-junta revolution as well as for contributing to any aspect of the revolution. 24

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