NAY PYI TAW, 10 January 2021, (TON): Amid yesterday’s Myanmar’s Police  action in capital Naypyidaw and firing of gunshots into the air to disperse demonstrations against the ruling military, the protesters adopted other methods to continue their protests. The protesters defied bans on gatherings amid nationwide outrage at last week’s coup. The constitution ensures the military maintains significant power.

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets to protest overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi's democratically-elected government last week. The military overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi's government after claiming, without evidence, that the November election that returned her National League for Democracy (NLD) to power was fraudulent.

 Aung San Suu Kyi, leader and founder of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) was detained along with dozens of members of her government as the generals moved to seize power last week.

Meanwhile, Tom Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar said in a statement. “the entire military chain of command can be held liable for committing crimes against humanity.” The international community have criticized the military take over and said that they do not recognise the legitimacy of the military-led government and called on the army to immediately release all detained political leaders and restore civilian rule.