Calls to join protests and to back a campaign of civil disobedience have grown louder and more organised since last Monday's coup, which drew widespread international condemnation. Suu Kyi faces charges of illegally importing six walkie-talkies and is being held in police detention until Feb 15. The UN Security Council has called for the release of Suu Kyi and other detainees and the United States is considering targeted sanctions. Australia condemned the coup and demanded the immediate release of a citizen who was working as an economic adviser to the Suu Kyi government, who was arrested over the weekend. "Protesters in Myanmar continue to inspire the world," Thomas Andrews, the U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar, said on Twitter.

Source: bd News24 February 08, 2021 02:37 UTC