Opponents of the coup in Burma smeared the streets of Yangon with red paint on Saturday April 10 to denounce the fierce repression by the security forces which left at least 80 dead the day before in Bago, northeast of the country's economic capital, while clashes occurred in the east and the north.
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The UN Security Council was begged to act by Burmese civilians and Burmese Ambassador to the UN, Kyaw Moe Tun, sacked by the junta but still functioning, which implored: "
if you please, please take action
”.
He called for a “
no-fly zone
” to counter the regime's raids on minorities, with sanctions against the junta and an arms embargo.
"We fear reprisals"
Clashes with the army erupted Saturday in the town of Tamu (north-west), near the border with India when soldiers intervened to dismantle barricades.
The army fired live ammunition killing two civilians, according to a witness.
Protesters retaliated by throwing an explosive device into an army truck and killing a dozen soldiers, according to the same source.
"
We now fear reprisals,
" the woman told AFP, adding that the inhabitants of Tamu were fighting "
to end the dictatorship
".
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Violence also spread on Saturday in northern Shan State where the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) attacked a police station, according to TNLA Brigadier General Tar Bhone Kyaw, who declined to give further details. .
A dozen police officers were killed in the operation, with rebels setting fire to the police station, according to local media.
The military retaliated with airstrikes, killing at least one rebel, according to the TNLA.
At the same time, the death sentence of 19 people in Burma for common law offenses - including 17 in absentia - a first since the coup d'état of February 1, was denounced on Saturday by the NGO Human Rights Watch ( HRW).
These people were sentenced by a court martial for theft or murder after arrests in the slum of Okkalapa North (suburb of Yangon), according to local media.