(1.2) Demonstrations and Protests in Myanmar After the Coup
Protests that erupted in the aftermath of the 2021 coup include rallies, protests, demonstrations,
strikes, assemblies and online assemblies and online campaigns. Anti-coup protests constitute 99
% of all protests organised after the coup. Three protests over socioeconomic issues, pro-military
rallies, and protest-turned-riots by the pro-junta people were documented.
Civil servants from different fields of the national mechanisms opposed the coup staged by the military in various ways. A pots-and-pans campaign against the military dictator began on 2 February
2021, followed by a Red Ribbon campaign on 3 February 2021.
The protests led by Dr. Tayzar Hsan Bagan began in Mandalay on 4 February, followed by protests
in Yangon Region and Tanintharyi Region, in the end resulting in massive peaceful protests and
Mass protests in Sule, Yangon on 22nd February, 2021.
campaigns against the military junta that encompassed millions of people across the country. These
omnipresent protests across the country prompted the terrorist military to use unproportionate tactics to crack down on peaceful protests by unarmed people. The military then blatantly committed
other acts of violence, such as arrests and beatings and firing real bullets at protesters.
The analysis indicates that peaceful protests and strikes were still orchestrated by millions of people
across the country at the end of March and beginning of April 2021 despite the murders and arrests
of peaceful protesters by the brutal junta forces and police officers in March 2021. From 27 March,
the protests and strikes in swaths of the countries started to shrink stead turning into flash mobs
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