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Anti-coup protesters run away from tear gas launched by security forces in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, March 1, 2021. Defiant crowds returned to the streets of Myanmar's biggest city on Monday, determined to continue their protests against the military's seizure of power a month ago, despite security forces having killed at least 18 people around the country just a day earlier. (AP Photo)

Defying deadly crackdown, crowds again protest Myanmar coup

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Associated Press journalist detained by police in Myanmar

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Anti-coup protesters raise their hands with clenched fists during a rally near the Mandalay Railway Station in Mandalay, Myanmar, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. In the month since Feb. 1 coup, the mass protests occurring each day are a sharp reminder of the long and bloody struggle for democracy in a country where the military ruled directly for more than five decades. (AP Photo)

AP PHOTOS: 1 month in Myanmar under military control

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Protesters block a road during a protest against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. Police in Myanmar escalated their crackdown on demonstrators against this month's military takeover, deploying early and in force on Saturday as protesters sought to assemble in the country's two biggest cities and elsewhere. (AP Photo)

UN: At least 18 killed by Myanmar forces in several cities

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Police stand in formation blocking a main road in Mandalay, Myanmar, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. Myanmar security forces cracked down on anti-coup protesters in the country's second-largest city Mandalay on Friday, injuring at least three people, two of whom were shot in the chest by rubber bullets and another who suffered a wound on his leg. (AP Photo)

Myanmar police deploy early to crank up pressure on protests

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Medicals students display images of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a street march in Mandalay, Myanmar, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. In the country’s second-largest city, anti-coup protesters took to the streets Friday. By midday, security forces had blocked the main road in downtown Mandalay to prevent the protesters from gathering. (AP Photo)

Myanmar’s UN envoy dramatically opposes coup in his country

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

EXPLAINER: Why is Facebook banning Myanmar military pages?

By VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, file photo, a man is held by police during a crackdown on anti-coup protesters holding a rally in front of the Myanmar Economic Bank in Mandalay, Myanmar. As arrests of dissidents continue during anti-coup protests across Myanmar, experts are concerned that a new generation of political prisoners will begin to fill the country’s prisons. (AP Photo, File)

Experts fear fresh wave of political prisoners in Myanmar

By VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

In this image taken from MRTV video Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, left, talks with Thailand Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, center, and Myanmar's Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin, right, during their meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. Regional diplomatic efforts to resolve Myanmar's political crisis gathered pace Wednesday, while protests continued in Yangon and other cities calling for the country's coupmakers to stand down and Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government to be returned to power. (MRTV via AP)

Indonesia presses regional effort to resolve Myanmar crisis

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

In this image taken from a video, an immigration truck with security and unidentified people drives on a road that leads to Lumut Naval Base Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 in Lumut, Malaysia. A Malaysian court Tuesday ordered a halt to the planned deportation of 1,200 Myanmar migrants to hear an appeal by two human rights groups, which say the migrants included refugees, asylum seekers and minors. (AP Photo)

Lawmakers, rights groups ask Malaysia to explain deportation

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An anti-coup protester holds a placard requesting military action against Myanmar military in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Protesters against the military's seizure of power in Myanmar were back on the streets of cities and towns on Thursday as regional diplomatic efforts to resolve Myanmar's political crisis intensified Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Pro-military marchers in Myanmar attack anti-coup protesters

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In this image taken from a video, an immigration truck with security and unidentified people drives on a road that leads to Lumut Naval Base Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 in Lumut, Malaysia. A Malaysian court Tuesday ordered a halt to the planned deportation of 1,200 Myanmar migrants to hear an appeal by two human rights groups, which say the migrants included refugees, asylum seekers and minors. (AP Photo)

Malaysia deports Myanmar migrants despite court order

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Groups seek to stop Malaysia from deporting Myanmar migrants

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Anti-coup protesters hold signs that read &quot;We Don't Accept Military Coup&quot; as they gather under an elevated roadway outside the Hledan Centre in Yangon, Myanmar Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. A call for a Monday general strike by demonstrators in Myanmar protesting the military's seizure of power has been met by the ruling junta with a thinly veiled threat to use lethal force, raising the possibility of major clashes. (AP Photos)

Protests swell after Myanmar junta raises specter of force

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Medical students wearing face masks hold placards as they gather during an anti-coup protest in Mandalay, Myanmar, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. Riot police in Myanmar shot dead at least a few anti-coup protesters and injured several others on Saturday, as security forces increased pressure on popular revolt against the military takeover. CDM stands for &quot;civil disobedience movement.&quot; (AP Photos)

Myanmar protest call for general strike draws junta threat

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Anti-coup protesters flash the three-fingered salute as they gather outside the Hledan Centre in Yangon, Myanmar Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. The daily protests campaigning for civil disobedience in Myanmar are increasingly focusing on businesses and government institutions that sustain the economy. (AP Photo)

Woman shot during protest against Myanmar coup dies

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Demonstrators protest against the military junta's arrest and chagrining of National League for Democracy party lawmakers, Mandalay region Chief Minister Zaw Myint Maung and Mayor Ye Lwin, outside Aung Myay Thar Zan Township court in Mandalay, Myanmar, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Tens of thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon, Wednesday, in one of largest protests yet of a coup, despite warnings from a U.N. human rights expert that recent troop movements could indicate the military was planning a violent crackdown. (AP Photo)

Myanmar protests focus on junta’s economic support

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Buddhist monks display placrds during a protest march against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Peaceful demonstrations against Myanmar's military takeover resumed Tuesday, following violence against protesters a day earlier by security forces and after internet access was blocked for a second straight night. (AP Photo)

Big protests across Myanmar as U.N. expert fears violence

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Malaysia to deport 1,200 Myanmar migrants amid concerns

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Demonstrators display pictures of detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Security forces in Myanmar pointed guns toward anti-coup protesters and attacked them with sticks Monday, seeking to quell the large-scale demonstrations calling for the military junta that seized power this month to reinstate the elected government. (AP Photo)

Myanmar police file new charge against Aung San Suu Kyi

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