(26 Feb 2021) Myanmar anti-coup protesters took to the streets in Mandalay on Friday amid rising tension in the country's second-largest city.
The marchers included Buddhist nuns holding placards calling on the United States to intervene against Myanmar's junta.
Other demonstrators carried signs reading "Free our leader Aung San Suu Kyi," "Pray for Myanmar" and "Reject Military Coup".
By midday, security forces had blocked the main road in downtown Mandalay to prevent the protesters from gathering.
Myanmar's military generals toppled the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in the February 1 takeover that shocked the international community and reversed years of slow progress toward democracy.
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