Military on the streets of Myanmar
The military who seized power in Myanmar blocked access to Facebook in the country due to calls to disobey their orders. Reported by the Myanmar Times.
All Internet service providers received directives demanding to temporarily close access to the American social network, popular in Myanmar. A spokesman for Telenor Myanmar, the largest mobile phone company in the country, expressed doubts that the decision was made with inalienable human rights in mind.
Users report that the outages began on Wednesday night. At this time, another protest action was taking place. The inhabitants of Myanmar, following the example of the fight against the military junta in the 1980s, use the tactics of “noise fighting”: at the appointed night, they knock on pans, shout, honk and turn on loud music. The new authorities are also threatened with strikes: in particular, doctors refuse to work in their interests.
On February 1, a coup d'etat took place in Myanmar. The military disagreed with the fall elections, in which the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party won a decisive victory. The military announced the dissolution of the government and detained the President of Myanmar, Vin Myin, and the head of the party, Aung San Suu Kyi, who holds the post of state adviser and foreign minister.
A state of emergency was introduced in the country for a period of one year. Upon completion, the army promised to organize new elections, after which power will be transferred to a new government. In addition, the military promised to deal with falsifications in the last parliamentary elections. In the meantime, all power has passed into the hands of the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces, Min Aun Hlain.
