Myanmar: anti-coup protesters shot at by soldiers
Event- Country
- Myanmar
- Initial Date
- May 26, 2024
- Event Description
Anti-coup protesters said they were shot at by soldiers in Hlaing Township on May 26. A group called Yangon UG said three of its members hung a banner that read: “Only justice will win” from an overpass and burned a copy of the 2008 constitution. The protesters said they all escaped from the gunfire unharmed and evaded arrest.
- Impact of Event
- 3
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Violence (physical)
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to Protest
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- Pro-democracy defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Armed forces/ Military
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 16.750731832594898
Longitude: 96.16918980573307
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 26 May 2024, three pro-democracy HRDs were shot at by soldiers while holding an anti-coup banner and burning the 2008 Constitution in Yangon, Myanmar.
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