Selasa, 02 Februari 2021

Burmese political leader calls for international sanctions after military coup - The Times

The most senior member of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party to remain at liberty in Burma has appealed to the international community to isolate the country completely in order to put pressure on the generals who seized power in Monday’s military coup.

Anticipating arrest, Win Htein, chairman of the National League for Democracy (NLD), called for sanctions against the government. He urged the Burmese people to use civil disobedience to oppose Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s military government, but to avoid any kind of violence.

“They [foreign governments] shouldn’t recognise the government,” he said by telephone from the capital, Naypyidaw, where communications with the outside world were cut off for hours on Monday.

Protesters gathered outside the Burmese embassy in the Thai capital, Bangkok

Protesters gathered outside the Burmese embassy in the Thai capital, Bangkok

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“They should denounce the government. They should cut off all diplomatic and

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