Myanmar: Arrests Mount as Protests Expand

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Protesters raise three-finger salutes from inside a police vehicle after a being detained during an anti-coup protest in Mandalay, Myanmar, February 9, 2021. © 2021 Kaung Zaw Hein/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images (Bangkok) – Myanmar’s military junta should immediately drop all charges and unconditionally release all those arbitrarily arrested since the military seized power on February 1, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. Detainees include political leaders, government officials, civil servants, activists, student leaders, and doctors, as well as anti-coup protesters.…

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