There is no relenting by military junta in Myanmar as death toll since February 1 ouster of elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi exceeded 200 on Wednesday.
The independent Assistance Association for Political Prisoners said that junta forces target protesters but also peaceful people using sniper rifles regardless of the time or place.
The organisation said “some injured people were arrested and died without access to medical aid, some died due to torture, some others who were shot dead in a crackdown were dragged away without mercy and their dead bodies are not being returned to their families by junta forces.”
The association confirmed that as of Tuesday, in addition to 202 fatalities, 2,181 people have been arrested or charged, with 1,862 still under detention.
Regional and social media posts reported protest marches on Wednesday in Taungoo, Thayet, Myingyan and Madaya, all in central Myanmar, along with Tamu, in the northwest near the border with India, and Pyay, on the Irrawaddy River northwest of Yangon.
There are reports that protesters have adopted new tactics of “non-human strike” in which they line up rows of signboards in streets to serve as proxies for human demonstrators. The tactic was used on Wednesday in Pyinmana, a satellite town of capital Naypyitaw, and Naungcho, a town in Shan State in north-central Myanmar.
Protesters in Yangon’s Kyeemyindine township placed coconuts on streets for people, painted word by word in Burmese, “Spring Revolution.”
The government continued to deprive people of access to information by switching off internet.
Earlier, police in several Yangon neighborhoods on Tuesday night continued aggressive patrols, firing in the air, attacking several individuals and conducting raids on the homes of suspected protesters.
