On February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s army plotted a successful coup. However, the junta has since met stiff resistance from the population. These democracy protests have equally been met with repression by the military dictators with hundreds killed. The bloodiest day was on Armed Forces Day, March 27, when the army killed over 100 in what a United Nations (UN) official described as mass murder. Myanmar’s protesters have organized “flower protests” to honor the dead. This article is from German media company Deutsche Welle:
Hundreds turned out on Friday morning and laid flowers in public places to remember victims of a brutal crackdown by the country’s military junta.
Protesters have been placing floral tributes at locations where security forces have killed demonstrators, as well as other public spots, to remember the hundreds who have died since the February 1 coup.
What’s the idea behind the flower strikes?
Organizers had called for tributes to be laid at pubic places in memory of “heroes who can’t come home.”
The Association for Political Prisoners advocacy group, which is tracking casualties and detentions, says some 543 people have been killed so far in unrest since the army takeover.
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