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Myanmar coup: Western embassies warn military to avoid violence

By DW
28 February 2021   |   10:29 am
Foreign diplomats in Myanmar told the military junta that "the world is watching" as armored vehicles were, again, deployed to the streets. Hundreds of thousands of people joined a ninth day of anti-coup protests.

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