Move in six Yangon townships and parts of Mandalay follows deadliest weekend since coup

The military junta in Myanmar has put six townships in Yangon and parts of Mandalay under martial law, as six more protesters were shot dead across the country after the bloodiest weekend since its coup last month.

A column of military trucks was seen trundling towards the Yangon suburb of Hlaing Thayar, where photos from the scene showed the charred remains of barricades. On Sunday, security forces killed at least 37 people and wounded dozens more after Chinese-owned factories in the township were deliberately set alight.

Am told many areas in #Yangon #Myanmar unable to access data via mobile services. Different screens show various Telcos with low or no signals. Many reliant on home WiFi now. During protests, many have been streaming live videos of violence from ground #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/z6wI079Le5

Related: A child screams in Myanmar … and China pretends not to hear

This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian.