Smoke rises from tyres set alight by anti-coup protesters in Yangon earlier this month. The AAPP and Myanmar Now news outlet said on Saturday (local time) that 82 people were killed during the protest against the Feb. 1 military coup in the country. AAPP, which has maintained a daily tally of protesters killed and arrested by security forces, has previously said 618 people have died since the coup. Ousted Myanmar lawmakers urged the United Nations Security Council on Friday to take action against the military. "Myanmar stands at the brink of state failure, of state collapse," Richard Horsey, a senior adviser on Myanmar with the International Crisis Group, told the informal U.N. meeting, the first public discussion of Myanmar by council members.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 10, 2021 22:30 UTC