Burma: the West put to the test by the crisis in Yangon

In the tumult and dust of Rangoon, they brandished placards in all languages ​​in front of the automatic rifles of the Burmese army.

"Save us!", They

launch in substance, in English, to the international community, under the bullets of the putschists who fuse.

Wrapped in

longyi

, this traditional skinny skirt, or simple T-shirts, the intrepid Generation Z arms themselves with makeshift shields, made of plastic cans, and smartphones to defend their democratic dream at the mercy of gunfire. Tatmadaw.

"Everything will be fine,"

proclaimed the T-shirt of Kyal Sin, a 19-year-old protester, struck down by a burst of bullets in Mandalay, and who became the last martyr to date in the democratic revolt.

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Despite their construction helmets, they know that they will not weigh heavily, alone against a junta that has controlled with an iron fist the country of the Thousand Pagodas for nearly half a century, and has already killed more 50 civilians since his coup on February 1.

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