Women wearing red ribbons hold candles during a night protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar. In the first such demonstration since the generals seized power on Monday, activists chanted, "Military dictator, fail, fail; Democracy, win, win" and held banners reading "Against military dictatorship". Monitoring group NetBlocks Internet Observatory reported a "national-scale internet blackout", saying on Twitter that connectivity had fallen to 54% of ordinary levels. Myanmar civil society organisations appealed to internet providers and mobile networks to challenge the junta's orders blocking internet access. Sean Turnell, an Australian economic adviser to Suu Kyi, said in message to Reuters on Saturday he was being detained.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 06, 2021 06:56 UTC