in myanmar thousands of people have
lined the streets for the funeral of a
young woman
shot during protests against the recent
military coup
miya tuitwei kain died on friday today
there were more mass protests against
the generals
after the military overthrew the elected
government earlier this month
here's our southeast asia correspondent
jonathan head
this was the funeral of an ordinary
young woman
transformed into a show of political
defiance for these extraordinary times
miatwe twitchin was one of countless
thousands in myanmar
who came out to challenge the military's
seizure of power
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and she was the first to lose her life
in its heavy-handed response to the
protests
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scenes of grief which must inflame
public fury
against the military hunter that reminds
them too
of the cost of resisting it
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they had two more martyrs to mourn today
one a teenage boy both were struck by
live rounds fired by the police in the
city of mandalay
we started this because we don't want a
military dictatorship said this woman
and we'll fight to the end to make sure
these lives
weren't wasted the plan now is to
escalate this two-week-old protest
movement
into a nationwide general strike which
will the government
but must inevitably hurt ordinary people
too
in an economy already shattered by the
coveted pandemic
they dream of international intervention
to help their cause
this rally is outside the u.s embassy
still a symbol of hope but a fading one
in a world which won't or can't act
against generals
who won't listen jonathan head bbc news
bangkok