Myanmar protesters commemorate 1962 crackdown in Yangon

07 July 2021
Myanmar protesters commemorate 1962 crackdown in Yangon

Around a hundred protesters march in central Yangon to mark the anniversary of the 1962 Yangon university protests during which more than a hundred people died and thousands were arrested in a violent crackdown by the military regime. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the generals ousted Suu Kyi's government in February, with pro-democracy protests met by a brutal military crackdown that has killed more than 880, according to a local monitoring group.