Protesters, including doctors and nurses in white coats, have decided to march day and night in Burma, a new challenge to the junta's murderous crackdown that has left some 250 dead since the February 1 coup. .
"Save our leader" Aung Sang Suu Kyi, held in secret by the army for 49 days, "Save our future", could we read on the banners of the protesters gathered Sunday before dawn in Mandalay (center).
Other rallies were organized in the far north and center of the country at night to try to foil the bloody response of the security forces, the protesters having lit hundreds of candles to implore the UN to intervene.
Doctors, teachers, bank and railway employees have been on strike for six weeks to denounce the military regime.
They paralyze entire sectors of the economy, already very fragile before the putsch. In the streets, the demonstrators are less numerous lately, many Burmese staying in their homes for fear of reprisals.
The human toll continues to increase.
A man was killed and at least two others injured Sunday morning in Monywa (center) when security forces opened fire on a small group positioned near a barricade, witnesses told AFP.
Police and soldiers "threw stun grenades and used tear gas, then they started shooting," said one of them.
The repression also continues in the judicial field with more than 2,300 people arrested.
A couple of Australian consultants, including an Australian-Canadian, were placed under house arrest as they tried to catch a plane to leave the country, diplomatic sources have learned.