Myanmar Junta Tightens Control, Orders New Internet Blackout
- Mass protests continued across Myanmar over the weekend
- Military ordered internet blocked from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. Monday
Police leave a neighborhood after being pushed out by residents in Yangon on Feb. 14.
Photographer: Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images
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Myanmar’s junta strengthened its grip on power over the weekend, ordering an internet blackout overnight and making it easier for authorities to make arrests as it looks to quell surging protests against its Feb. 1 coup.
Protests continued on Monday after tens of thousands of people continued to demonstrate in defiance of the military even as the regime stepped up detentions of civil servants, lawyers and other professionals. Telecom services were told to cut all internet between 1 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Monday, and armored vehicles were seen rolling through the streets of central Yangon on Sunday night.