Dozens of people left the Rangoon district today in Myanmar, where clashes have been raging in recent days, at a time when Families of protesters killed by security forces prepare to bury their dead after the blood bath.
More than 180 civilians have been killed since Feb. 1 and the coup that toppled Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to the Association for the Relief of Political Prisoners (AAPP).
The death toll has risen sharply in the past three days, with the junta seeming more determined than ever to suppress the protest movement, ignoring the many international condemnations, according to AMPE.
Faced with this situation, residents of Rangoon, the financial capital of Myanmar, decided to leave it.
In Hlaing Thar Yar, an industrial district where poor workers live in textile mills, many decided to leave their homes this morning.
It was imposed in this district on Sunday martial law after the burning of many Chinese factories.
Anyone arrested in this district and in the other five cantons of Rangoon, which also has martial law, will be tried by a military tribunal and risked minimum sentence of three years forced labor.
“Witnesses”
At least 20 protesters were killed yesterday, according to the AAPP. Sunday was the bloodiest day, with 47 civilians dead, while the junta announced the death of a police officer.
“Many teenagers have been killed and the use of live ammunition has not stopped overnight,” said the AAPP, which said at least 2,200 people had been arrested.
The funerals of many protesters are set to take place today, mainly in Rangoon.
Overnight rallies were held in their honor across Myanmar last night, according to images posted on social networking sites.
“RIP” (rest in peace) was written by candlelight by the residents of Mandalay, the second largest city in the country. “We support our witnesses,” “we will fight to the end,” many wrote on social media.
International reactions
The violence of the last few days has provoked a new round of reactions. Its general secretary UN Antonio Guterres expressed his disgust with the escalating violence in the military and called on the international community to help end the crackdown.
And the USA called for unity “against the coup and the escalation of violence.”
For its part, the World Food Program (WFP) announced today that food and fuel prices in Myanmar have risen sharply since the coup, undermining the ability of the poorest families to feed.
WFP is supporting more than 360,000 people in Myanmar, most of whom have been displaced by the conflict of the past decade.
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