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Saffron Revolution monks march to UN office in Myanmar protest

AFP, 17 Feb 2021
About 50 monks who took part in Myanmar's 2007 Saffron Revolution -- monk-led demonstrations that were brutally crushed by the army -- march alongside hundreds of protesters from the Nga Htat Gyi pagoda to the UN office in Yangon. Myanmar's generals imposed a second straight overnight internet shutdown, ignoring international condemnation as they worked to grind down a popular uprising against their coup.

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