Many teachers and students in Myanmar have joined the civil disobedience movement, days after the military coup in the country, reported BBC. Aung San Suu Kyi and various politicians of the National League for Democracy were detained during the takeover on Monday.
Demonstrators at Dagon University in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, on Friday shouted slogans in support of Suu Kyi and wore ribbons to express solidarity with her. They were seen displaying a three-finger salute – a sign adopted by protesters in the region to show their opposition to authoritarian rule.
“As a citizen, I cannot accept this military coup at all,” lecturer Win Win Maw told AFP. “We have to resist this dictatorship.”
The students marched around the campus, carrying red flags, which is the colour of the National League for Democracy. “We will not let our generation suffer under this kind of military dictatorship,” said Min Sithu, a student.
The protest came after the police arrested…