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06/02/2021 GMT

Thousands protest in Myanmar

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Demonstrations in Yangon against the coup and demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi

Demonstrations in Yangon against the coup and demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi.

A large protest is underway in Myanmar’s main commercial city Yangon. Hundreds of workers have joined young activists and local residents, condemning the military coup. We hear the latest from the ground and from a foreign advisor to the detained Premier Aung Sung Suu Kyi.

Also on the programme, protesters are detained in Russia for supporting opposition leader, Alexei Navalny and we hear from the widow of Lokman Slim, a prominent Lebanese journalist and critic of Hezbollah, who was shot earlier this week.

To talk about these stories and others we are joined by Celia Szusterman who is the director of the Latin America Programme at the Institute for Statecraft in London and James Lynch, the founding director of FairSquare Research and Projects, which provides expert analysis on a range of human rights issues.

(Photo: Protestors gather in Yangon today; Credit: EPA/LYNN BO BO)

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