Monday 06 / April / 2026
Protesters came out onto the streets across Myanmar on Saturday in continued defiance of the military junta and their violent crackdown.
At least one person was killed overnight in the northern ruby-mining town of Mogok when security forces opened fire.
"One [person] died on the spot last night while two others are in critical condition in the hospital," a rescue worker told AFP news agency.
Photos shared on Twitter showed students and residents gathering on Saturday morning in the town of Bago, northeast of Yangon.
More than 230 people have died since the beginning of the coup on February 1.
Growing pressure from Asian neighbors
Asian countries have joined others in condemning the coup and calling for an end to the violence. On Friday night Malaysia backed a call by Indonesia President Joko Widodo for an urgent meeting by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
"We in Malaysia, and the larger ASEAN community, cannot afford to see our brotherly nation of Myanmar become so destabilised at the hands of a selected few, who seek to promote their own vested interests," Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said.
The Philippines and Singapore also called for action against the coup which ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Global condemnation
Condemnation and pressure from outside of Myanmar has continued to grow. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres repeated his condemnation of the military's violence on Friday, calling for a "firm, unified international response."
The coup was also formally condemned by the US House of Representatives.
The US embassy in Yangon said in a tweet on Saturday that it welcomed "the work of the UN to collect evidence of human rights violations committed in Myanmar since the military coup. It is important that evidence is recorded so that those responsible can face justice and be held to account."
