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| Southeast Asia |
| More than 90 killed in Myanmar in one of bloodiest days of protests |
| 2021-03-28 |
See update here. It looks like this is Myanmar’s natural state, not something special to do with Aung San Suu Kyi. [AlAhram] State television had said on Friday that protesters risked being shot 'in the head and back'Security forces killed more than 90 people across Myanmar on Saturday in one of the bloodiest days of protests since a military coup last month, news reports and witnesses said. The lethal crackdown came on Armed Forces Day. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the junta leader, said during a parade in the capital Naypyitaw to mark the event that the military would protect the people and strive for democracy. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.” ...until a tipping point is reached, when Citoyen Nicolae Ceaușescu and Citoyenne Elena Ceaușescu find that even fleeing dramatically by helicopter isn’t enough to prevent a drumhead court martial and execution within hours of being captured. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-03-28 07:47 |
| #1 “it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.” ― Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-03-28 04:41 |