Hundreds join protest against coup in Myanmar as resistance spreads

Teachers from the Yangon Education University hold signs in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. A senior member of Myanmar’s deposed ruling party has become the latest prominent politician arrested as the country’s new military government confronts continuing resistance to its seizure of power. The signs read “Civil Disobedience Myanmar Teachers.” (AP Photo)

Hundreds of students and teachers have taken to Myanmar’s streets to demand the military hand power back to elected politicians, as resistance to a coup swelled with demonstrations in several parts of the country, even in the tightly controlled capital.

In the largest rallies since the takeover, protesters at two universities in Yangon flashed a three-fingered salute, a sign of resistance borrowed from The Hunger Games movies, adopted from anti-government protesters in neighbouring Thailand.