(6 Feb 2021) A row of armed police were filmed blocking the road in front of Yangon City Hall in Myanmar on Saturday.
It was reported that there was a group of protesters who gathered near Yangon City Hall in the afternoon, one of several protests that occurred on Saturday in Myanmar's biggest city.
Myanmar's new military authorities appeared to have cut most access to the Internet on Saturday as they faced a rising tide of protests over their coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's elected civilian government.
The broad outage followed Friday's military order to block Twitter and Instagram because some people were trying to use the platforms to spread what authorities deemed fake news. Facebook had already been blocked earlier in the week - though not completely effectively.
The communication blockages are a stark reminder of the progress Myanmar is in danger of losing after Monday's coup plunged the nation back under direct military rule after a nearly decade-long move toward greater openness and democracy.

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