Reuters- Protests continued across Myanmar on Friday (March 19) despite the threat of a broadening crackdown by security forces.
Eyewitness video obtained by Reuters showed protesters facing off with security forces in Myawaddy on Friday. A protester who filmed the video said that police fired rubber bullets into the crowd of protesters, injuring two, before the protesters dispersed.
Military and police have used increasingly violent tactics to suppress demonstrations by supporters of detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi but that has not put off the protests, with crowds out again in several towns on Friday.
The total number killed in weeks of unrest has risen to at least 224, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners activist group said, noting another death in the commercial hub of Yangon and two in the cities of Monywa and Bago on Thursday (March 18).
