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Crackdown, Financial Constraints Limit Myanmar Protests

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YANGON, MYANMAR — Two years after Myanmar’s military coup, a handful of young people are still protesting the coup, but, given the military crackdown on protests, the tightened security situation, and financial constraints, only a relatively few flash mob protests now occur, and they do so in urban areas.

In these protests, in places such as Yangon and Mandalay, a small group of young people gather briefly, chanting and hanging banners with slogans before dispersing.

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