Myanmar: 14 arrested, 1 injured for protesting
Event- Country
- Myanmar
- Initial Date
- Feb 7, 2021
- Event Description
On February 7, demonstrations against the military coup intensified. This morning thousands of activists, students and civilians took part in protests in Rangoon and across the country, and Min Ko Naing, 88 Generation Student Leader, arrived and stood among the protesters. Demonstrations were held at Rangoon, Bago, Mandalay, Sagaing, Ayeyarwady, Tanintharyi and Magway Regions, Naypyidaw, Mon, Shan, Karen and Kachin States. Protests were peaceful and non-violent, and police blocked the roads for protestors and watched the situation, though there were no violent crackdowns.
When police fired in the air at protestors in Myawaddy Town in Karen State, rioting broke out and a total of 14 civilians (5 women and 9 men) including former female political prisoner Khin Htar were arrested. By 6:30pm, they all were released. A woman was also shot during the protest in Myawaddy. The 8pm symbolic peaceful “Drumming out of Evil” continued across the country in opposition to the military junta.
- Impact of Event
- 15
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Woman
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Judicial Harassment
- Violence (physical)
- Wounds and Injuries
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to liberty and security
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Pro-democracy defender
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Active
- Event Location
Latitude: 16.688007510929687
Longitude: 98.50651096309218
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 7 February 2021, 14 unidentified number of pro-democracy defenders including a former political prisoner were arrested by the police, and another WHRD injured by the police for protesting against the coup in Myawaddy, Myanmar.