Military censors sever the internet across most of Myanmar, matching the darkness outside with an information blackout while Soldiers sweep through the cities, arresting, abducting and assaulting with slingshots and rifles
Smoke rises from tires set alight by anti-coup protesters on April 03, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar's military Junta continued a brutal crackdown on a nationwide civil disobedience movement in which thousands of people have turned out in continued defiance of live ammunition. Local media and monitoring organizations estimate that over 500 people have been killed since the coup began.
Every night at 8, the stern-faced newscaster on Myanmar military TV announces the day’s hunted. The mug shots of those charged with political crimes appear on-screen. Among them are doctors, students, beauty queens, actors, reporters, even a pair of makeup bloggers.
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