Myanmar protesters burn military constitution as UN warns of bloodbath
The UN special envoy on Myanmar says the military is not capable of managing the country and the situation will only worsen
01 April 2021 - 12:40
Myanmar activists burned copies of a military-framed constitution on Thursday two months after the junta seized power, as a UN special envoy warned of the risk of a bloodbath because of an intensified crackdown on anti-coup protesters.
The UN envoy’s warning follows a flare-up in fighting between the army and ethnic minority insurgents in frontier regions...
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