Myanmar: 12 dead among them and a 13-year-old from the security forces

Myanmar (Burma) security forces have killed at least 12 people today in Rangoon, Mandalay and other cities across the country, including a 13-year-old boy and a Buddhist monk.

The demonstrations against her military junta The illegitimate shadow political government pledged to overthrow the February 1 coup with a “revolution” and establish a federal democracy in its first public statement.

Manwing Heng Tan, who was appointed interim deputy prime minister by the Union’s Assembly of Representatives (the two bodies that make up the country’s parliament), addressed the people of the country for the first time via Facebook and announced that the Commission, which is also illegal, will legislate so that citizens “have the right to defend themselves” and that governance will be assigned to a “service people’s administrative group”.

“It is the darkest moment for the country and the time of dawn is near,” wrote the deputy prime minister of the outlawed Myanmar political government, along with members of the ruling National Union for Democracy party who have not been arrested by the junta.

The political disobedience movement launched by groups of public officials, such as doctors and educators, has turned into a general strike in Myanmar that has paralyzed many sectors of the economy, stripping the military junta of management of key areas of public life.

More than 70 people have been killed in protests against the coup, according to the Association of Political Prisoners.

The United States, India, Australia and Japan have pledged to work together to restore democracy in Burma. US President Joe Biden had teleconferences with his counterparts from the three countries. The four leaders reiterated their commitment to regional security.