Myanmar: Pro-democracy activists met by water cannon

Event
Country
  • Myanmar
Initial Date
Feb 8, 2021
Event Description

Police in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw used water cannon on Monday against protesters demonstrating against a coup a week ago when elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained, video from the scene showed.

Police fired the water cannon in brief bursts against a group of the thousands of protesters who had gathered. The video showed some protesters appeared to have been hurt when they were knocked to the ground.

Police appeared to stop using the water cannon after protesters appealed to them, but the demonstration continued.

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
Perpetrator-State
  • Armed forces/ Military
Source

Reuters

Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: 19.90480041338119

Longitude: 95.77123605999915

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On February 8, 2021, pro-democracy protestors were met by water cannon fired by the police when protesting against the military coup in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.