Myanmar: pro-democracy protesters met with water cannon and gun fire
Event- Country
- Myanmar
- Initial Date
- Feb 14, 2021
- Event Description
Shots Fired in Northern Myanmar City Amid Signs of Deeper Crackdown on Protests An armored vehicle drives pasto the Sule Pagoda, following days of mass protests against the military coup, in Yangon, Feb. 14, 2021.
Security forces fired guns to disperse protesters at a power plant in northern Myanmar on Sunday, as tanks and armored vehicles patrolled the streets of the country’s largest city and an overnight internet shutdown kicked in after days of nationwide mass protests against the two-week-old military junta.
The gunfire, livestreamed by protesters on Facebook, came after forces had turned a water cannon on hundreds of mostly young men who were chanting and beating oil drums outside a power plant in the Kachin state capital Myitkyina. The barrages lasted several minutes at a time, but it was not clear if the bullets were rubber or live ammunition or if any protesters were hurt.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Use of Excessive Force
- Violence (physical)
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Pro-democracy defender
- Youth
- Perpetrator-State
- Armed forces/ Military
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 25.385308438001303
Longitude: 97.26374111040323
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On February 14, 2021, Pro-democracy defenders were faced with water cannon and gunfire for protesting against military coup in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar.