now to myanmar and the
u.s has stepped up its condemnation of
the situation there saying it's quote
repulsed
by the ongoing use of lethal force
against protesters
two officials from the overthrown nld
party have died in police custody
since monday there have also been new
raids targeting independent journalists
but
each day the protesters show the
sacrifices they're prepared to make for
a return to democracy
a moment of peaceful defiance sister
anne rosa newton
knelt in front of riot police in her
hometown in myanmar's north
saying she was prepared to die to save
protesters
but minutes later protests turned
violent as police attempted to disperse
crowds
protesting has become increasingly
dangerous as police and soldiers have
used tear gas
rubber bullets and live rounds on crowds
last night in yangon residents defied an
8pm curfew
taking to the streets to show solidarity
with hundreds of protesters trapped by
authorities
police fired stun grenades at the
gathering supporters
finally the trapped protesters were
allowed to leave
when the sun rose protesters marched
once again
in mandalay they carried makeshift
shields but stayed for only a few
minutes
a change in tactics to avoid another
violent reaction from the authorities
at night we couldn't sleep actually we
don't want to go out
but we are going out anyway so we've
been going out for 22 days
and we haven't rested yet we are going
out
every day we keep fighting for the
fallen heroes
we will fight until we win
the military also attempted to suppress
the spread of information
revoking licenses for media outlets and
detaining journalists
from the day one one military coup on
first february they pulled the plug off
our
signal uh on digital territory brokers
and style
but we managed to report back on
satellite and
also on social media and on top of that
we already got two journalists
and arrested you know one made and one
mp
and just now you know there are two
other senior journalists got arrested in
yangon recently
protesters say they will continue to
gather across the country
daily acts of defiance in the face of
mounting risks to their lives and
freedom
well for more now i'm joined by tinsel
yi
a pro democracy activist in yangon in
myanmar thanks for being with us i
understand
you've been out demonstrating today you
and the other protesters
know that the army is prepared to use
violence against you dozens have been
killed
how does that affect you
when they kill people out on the streets
we have
um a mixed feeling the first is kind of
being scary like what we could do to us
they are able to kid us you know bluntly
so this is the first feeling and the
second feeling we feel anger with the
anger that they've been doing this for
so
many years not just to us to the
rohingya people to the ethnic minorities
for so many years
so that you know we have that mixed
feeling but in the end
we decided to be determined stay
committed to the course the revolution
many of our comrades they were they were
being killed so we couldn't
lose this momentum so that we decided to
keep our going
on the prot uh going out on the street
to protest in the daily business
yeah now you used the word revolution
there do you believe that your protests
and the civil
disobedience going on in myanmar will
lead to a
reversal of the military coup
so right now people you know for the
first few weeks
after the coup then it was more like an
untime cool
protest but now um when these things
escalate you know and also when the
parliament escalate we are so sure that
we are going for a revolution
not just one revolution we are doing um
uprisings against the political
debt law as well as the cultural debt
law so we are doing cultural revolution
and political revolution
so we don't think the military will just
you know give up
what what they have done and say we
surrender you we have to fight so that
we have
already made a decision and already
chosen a part
a radical part you know to uh keep on
going to form our own government so now
the the leading party is just from a
government
and we are supporting that also there in
negotiation
with the political dialogue with all the
stakeholders inside the country without
military this is a rare moment for us we
don't think about the military inclusion
anymore so is this a democratic
revolution
yes um it was not just about democratic
um
you know we have we are all marching
together towards a federal democratic
nation
so um we are looking forward to draft a
new constitution that can guarantee
um democratic rights our business rights
and
and the federal rights for all the
ethnic minorities in the country so we
all are now
um having political dialogue with the
ruling party the
legitimate government and with the
ethnic minorities
thank you very much